How Punctuation Changes Meaning: A Classroom Experiment on Gender Perspectives

The Power of Punctuation

An English Professor wrote the words: "A woman without her man is nothing" on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.

All of the males in the class wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing."

All the females in the class wrote: "A woman: without her, man is nothing."

Punctuation is powerful.

Regards,
Prafulla Khedkar

Wow, I enjoyed this very much, Khedkar. Here is another conversation. A woman said, "He is there in She. When there is no Shakthi, there is no Shiva."

The man replied, "'He' means a man. When he is there, then only 'She' has a meaning. Lest S stands alone, it means 'Silly'."

How is this?

Regards,
Ganesh Ramachandran