One day, an English teacher writes on his whiteboard:
A WOMAN WITHOUT HER MAN IS NOTHING
Then he asks his students "Who can show me the correct punctuation to pronounce this sentence?"
A boy quickly stands up and takes the challenge. He finishes up his answer and goes back to his seat. His answer sounds:
A WOMAN, WITHOUT HER MAN, IS NOTHING
"Good" says the teacher. "Anyone else want to share your answer?"
That's when a girl stands up slowly and heads straight to the whiteboard. She slowly erases the boy's answer and comes out with a new answer:
A WOMAN: WITHOUT HER, MAN IS NOTHING
The teacher smiles. Then he speaks up "Remember class, punctuation is very important in English. You write or speak wrongly, you feed people with false information"
Moral of the story: Sometimes, we want to tell people different things, but the way we express the words makes people misunderstand our message. So, when speaking with someone, speak with the correct punctuation, or else you end up with a spank in the face.
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