Poor punctuation can ruin your love life. by rowland

Poor punctuation can ruin your love life. 

Dear Peter,
I have always admired a man who knows what love is all about. You are kind, generous and considerate. People who are not like you now admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn so much for your loving embrace.  I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy- will you let me be? 

All my love Sue


Dear Peter,
I have always admired a man who knows what love is. All about you are kind, generous and considerate people, who are not like you. Now admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. So much for your loving embrace. I have no feelings whatsoever. When we are apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?

Sue

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Carl

21 November 2008

'Mr Speaker, I said the honourable member was a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. The honourable member may place the punctuation where he pleases.' (R B Sheridan, 1751-1816, on being asked to apologize for calling a fellow MP a liar.)

rubyblaze

01 December 2008

Hi Rowland,

Who would have thought that punctuation could have such a catastrophic effect on your love life!  

A very clever example of poor grammar and once read unlikely to be forgotten.

Real proper couldnt of made it any more gooder : ) 

Ruby

Don9307

27 January 2009

Indeed!  This is a perfect example of how punctuation makes all the difference:  in love and in writing.

JD Higginson

25 April 2009

Just goes to show that if you write anything at all in life then you can't escape editing...

Also see: Contractions/ Conjunctions (rowland) • GRAMMAR (rowland) • Punctuation (rowland) • Editing and critique (rowland) • Written English (rowland) • Plain english (Carl)

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