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\nNow if we read this we see the man is actually cooking his family and his cat, so let\u2019s add some commas(in red) and fix this…<\/p>\n
“Man finds inspiration in cooking,<\/span> his family,<\/span> and his cat<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n Now we can see he is not cooking his family or his cat, but he finds inspiration in three things: cooking,<\/span> his family,<\/span> and his cat.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now this one is a bit contentious, because I bet if we ask men to put punctuation into this sentence, they might write:<\/p>\n \u201cWoman,<\/span> without her man,<\/span> is nothing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n This means of course that a woman needs a man or she is nothing…<\/p>\n However perhaps women would write<\/p>\n \u201cWoman:<\/span> Without her,<\/span> man is nothing\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This of course means the opposite to what the men might write and means\u201dwith regard to woman, without one, man is nothing!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> This next one could save grandma\u2019s life if we just add a comma…<\/p>\n This means we will actually eat grandma, but let\u2019s place that comma well and fix it:<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s eat, grandma!\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n There thats better, now we are only telling grandma we are going to eat some food – not her!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> This one definitely needs fixing….<\/p>\n This means to be careful when you are shooting pedestrians on hiking trails – we don\u2019t shoot pedestrians, so let\u2019s fix this…<\/p>\n \u201cPlease use caution when shooting.<\/span> Pedestrians using foot trails\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Now it means be careful when shooting \u201cbecause\u201d there are pedestrians around honking on foot trails.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> I have never seen this kind of child, have you?<\/p>\n This means that the seat is only for children who are disabled, elderly and pregnant! Let\u2019s fix it with some commas…<\/p>\n “This seat is only for disabled,<\/span> elderly,<\/span> pregnant,<\/span> children\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s better, no it means the seat is for either disabled, or elderly, or pregnant women, or children only.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For our last one, here is a road sign you might see when driving near a school. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n What? Only \u201cslow” kids are playing? \u00a0There are no fast ones? Let\u2019s fix it… also with a simple comma:<\/p>\n \u201cSlow,<\/span> kids at play\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Now it means go slow because kids are playing around here.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As you can see punctuation is very important and can change the whole meaning of a sentence, sometimes quite humorously, so don\u2019t forget to check it before you submit your work!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello everyone, I thought I might write a little on the importance of knowing how to use punctuation – especially the comma and full stop (period) can really change the meaning of a sentence. He…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":8634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[276,442],"tags":[740],"class_list":{"0":"post-8612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-native","8":"category-writing","9":"tag-punctuation","10":"article cf"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8612"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8656,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8612\/revisions\/8656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWoman without her man is nothing\u201d<\/strong>.<\/h1>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s eat grandma!\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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\n\u201cPlease use caution when shooting pedestrians using foot trails\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n
“This seat is only for disabled elderly pregnant children\u201d. \u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\u201cSlow kids at play\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n