One for Safe Bet perhaps?

[ishtat]

Taken from the Sydney Morning Herald today, this oldie:

"A woman without her man is nothing"

Punctuate the quotation.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Taken from the Sydney Morning Herald today, this oldie:

"A woman without her man is nothing"

Punctuate the quotation.

Probably not for safe bet no matter how you punctuate it-- one way will only piss her off, the other way she won't give a damn....

 

[Handley_Page]

And besides, she's in love; bless 'er.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I'm not amused when people pick on my friends.

 

[Handley_Page]

I'm not amused when people pick on my friends.

no insult or slight intended.

 

[DesertPirate]

Probably not for safe bet no matter how you punctuate it-- one way will only piss her off, the other way she won't give a damn....

Depends on the mood, she might have fun with it

 

[Saucy_Sage]

Probably not for safe bet no matter how you punctuate it-- one way will only piss her off, the other way she won't give a damn....

I come up with three I can understand, one of which SB would share:

A woman: without her, man is nothing. Too many gay couples for this to be true.

A woman, without her man, is nothing. Ick.

A woman without her, man, is nothing. No doubt true if the "woman" is Bets and "her" Amy.

And this one:

A woman without, her man is nothing.

 

[Handley_Page]

I come up with three I can understand, one of which SB would share:

A woman: without her, man is nothing. Too many gay couples for this to be true.

A woman, without her man, is nothing. Ick.

A woman without her, man, is nothing. No doubt true if the "woman" is Bets and "her" Amy.

And this one:

A woman without, her man is nothing.

Maybe ?
A woman; without her, man is nothing.

 

[Saucy_Sage]

Maybe ?
A woman; without her, man is nothing.

Semi-colonizing a sentence fragment? You would so be in Mrs. Ellis's doghouse.

 

[ishtat]

I come up with three I can understand, one of which SB would share:

A woman: without her, man is nothing. Too many gay couples for this to be true.

A woman, without her man, is nothing. Ick.

A woman without her, man, is nothing. No doubt true if the "woman" is Bets and "her" Amy.

And this one:

A woman without, her man is nothing.

Spot on: your examples 1 and 2(exactly as you worked out) both came out of an English grammar textbook written by E Ridout and first published in the 1950's. He was illustrating how meaning can be changed by punctuation (or lack of same)

 

[Saucy_Sage]

Spot on: your examples 1 and 2(exactly as you worked out) both came out of an English grammar textbook written by E Ridout and first published in the 1950's. He was illustrating how meaning can be changed by punctuation (or lack of same)

And I just figured out the last one. Yes! A gorgeous woman stands outside the door of a suburban house. The woman inside knows she's there, waiting, but her husband calls . . .

A woman without, her man is nothing.​

Twice as good as E Ridout! Who went on to invent WhiteOut, useful, with the proper punctuation, for writing about the former governor of New Jersey.

A woman ____out her man? No_____!!!!!!​