Thursday, December 15, 2011

Punctuation matters

This was sent in to The Star as an example of why punctuation matters. Two letters, containing the same words but with different punctuation. I love these examples, so I'm sharing them here!
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
I read somewhere not too long ago that when we share something from the Internet, we should only provide a short description/teaser and link to it, instead of copying the whole thing, so that the reader can go to the original website to see it. But too many times, the original page has been lost...and I ended up with a partial post. So to avoid that happening again, I am trying to copy as much as is necessary so that my post makes sense on it's own...

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