RE:      Savage Quote
Subject: Quote of the day

'Ask the members of the group to provide any punctuation necessary to the
 following seven-word sentence: "Woman without her man is a savage."  The
 average male chauvinist will quickly respond that the sentence needs no
 punctuation, and he is correct.  There will be a few pedants among the
 male chauvinists who will place balancing commas around the
 prepositional phrase: "Woman, without her man, is a savage."
 Grammatically, this is also correct.  A feminist, however, and an
 occasional liberated man, will place a dash after "woman" and a comma
 after "her."  Then we have "Woman -- without her, man is a savage."'

 - Robert A. Day, "How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper",
   Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1988




The Importance Of "Correct Punctuation"

    Dear John:
    I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind,
    thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and
    inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no
    feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you
    let me be yours?
    Gloria

    Dear John:
    I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind,
    thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and
    inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have
    no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will
    you let me be?
    Yours,
    Gloria