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dotti34 · 18-06-2021, 23:45

[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1254652]
Punctuation has a part to play in that....how you punctuate a sentence can totally alter what it means. For example : ‘let’s eat, Grandma’ that sentence is telling Grandma it is time to eat. Now, try this version : let’s eat Grandma.....this implies you are going to eat Grandma.

Margaret, that is so funny. You are definitely right, punctuation (or lack of it) can completely change the meaning of a sentence, as you have just shown. Mind you, to eat this grandma would take a few hours of boiling to soften me up first. I’d be more than a bit tough.

It would be a bit of fun to read some more examples. Any out there?

18-06-2021, 23:45	#40
dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,189 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1480 times Rep Power: 833512	Re: The Olympics [QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1254652] Punctuation has a part to play in that....how you punctuate a sentence can totally alter what it means. For example : ‘let’s eat, Grandma’ that sentence is telling Grandma it is time to eat. Now, try this version : let’s eat Grandma.....this implies you are going to eat Grandma. Margaret, that is so funny. You are definitely right, punctuation (or lack of it) can completely change the meaning of a sentence, as you have just shown. Mind you, to eat this grandma would take a few hours of boiling to soften me up first. I’d be more than a bit tough. It would be a bit of fun to read some more examples. Any out there?