Welcome to Gaia! ::

Gaian Grammar Guild

Back to Guilds

The Gaian Grammar Guild is a refuge for the literate, a place for them to post and read posts without worrying about the nonsensical ones. 

Tags: grammar, literate, english, language 

Reply Gaian Grammar Guild
Can something help me with a grammar question?

Quick Reply

Enter both words below, separated by a space:

Can't read the text? Click here

Submit

Ksenia Sergeevina

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:14 pm
My teacher gave me this extra credit:
I was given the sentence, 'Women without her name is nothing.' I need to change the punctuation so the meaning of the sentence changes. So far I have two solutions. I need one more.

Women: without her, man is nothing.
Women, without her man, is nothing.

I will love you forever, , if you help me.  
PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:28 pm
That sentence doesn't really make any sense to me.  

Fish Chum

Friendly Fatcat


Ksenia Sergeevina

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:33 pm
The sentence without punctuation or the other two?  
PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:37 pm
I've heard this before from my choir accompanist. (haha) He did it these ways:

Woman, without her, man is nothing.
Woman, without her man, is nothing.

Those are the only two ways, I think. That first way of yours could be considered a third way, though.  

s0prano42_x3


Ksenia Sergeevina

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:34 pm
s0prano42_x3
I've heard this before from my choir accompanist. (haha) He did it these ways:

Woman, without her, man is nothing.
Woman, without her man, is nothing.

Those are the only two ways, I think. That first way of yours could be considered a third way, though.


I already posted both of those.  
PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:39 pm
Should we really be doing your extra credit for you though?  

Bladeglory

Shy Werewolf


Kohy

PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:35 pm
I heard of this before. It was supposed to be a joke on how punctuation could change a sentence all together while supporting one gender.

Women in the class supposedly wrote: Woman, without her, man is nothing.

And the men in the class wrote, as you can guess: Woman, without her man, is nothing.

As far as I know, these are the only two solutions. I never heard of a third answer. But good luck trying to find it!  
PostPosted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:45 am
I've asked all my friends, they only see two ways. Maybe my english teacher made a mistake.  

Ksenia Sergeevina


ChibiStarlet

PostPosted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:15 pm
I agree. I've only even seen those two and can't think of what else you could do to change the meaning. I think this was an example in Eats, Shoots and Leaves, too. Awesome book. cool  
PostPosted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:17 pm
Ksenia Sergeevina
My teacher gave me this extra credit:
I was given the sentence, 'Women without her name is nothing.' I need to change the punctuation so the meaning of the sentence changes. So far I have two solutions. I need one more.

Women: without her, man is nothing.
Women, without her man, is nothing.

I will love you forever, , if you help me.


You need to change the punctuation? You changed that, and a word in the sentence. "Women without her name is nothing." Then it turned into: "Women without her man is nothing."

Which sentence is it?  

omiyashi0

Reply
Gaian Grammar Guild

 
Manage Your Items
Other Stuff
Get GCash
Offers
Get Items
More Items
Where Everyone Hangs Out
Other Community Areas
Virtual Spaces
Fun Stuff
Gaia's Games
Mini-Games
Play with GCash
Play with Platinum