Proof that punctuation matters

[justginger]

After reading Kenny's grammar thread, this came up on my Facebook:

Version 1:

Dear John,

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, and 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


Version 2:

Dear John,

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, and 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


Those pesky commas and periods sure do change the feeling of that love letter, don't they?

 

[VRBeauty]

Brilliant!

 

[minousbijoux]

Very good. Now I want to know which one was really sent!

 

[armywife13]

Haha, very nice!

 

[AGBF]

After reading Kenny's grammar thread, this came up on my Facebook:

Version 1:

Dear John,

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, and 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


Version 2:

Dear John,

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, and 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

Those pesky commas and periods sure do change the feeling of that love letter, don't they?

Sorry. The words in the two versions are different. If only the punctuation had been changed, the enormous change in sentiment reflected by the changes in the two versions would have had my admiration, but this is a cheap fraud!

AGBF

 

[JewelFreak]

What words are changed, Deb? I don't see it -- except the layout with the last "yours," which isn't really different words. Anyway, that is so cool! How on earth did somebody come up with it? I have a vision of a couple of people & a few glasses of wine at the keyboard.

--- Laurie

 

[cnspotts]

I stole this from my FB feed. he,he

 

[Enerchi]

I think the words look the same, too... hmmm...

but yes indeed, the power of punctuation!! Whoa - really changes that from love to hate!

 

[justginger]

Yes, Deb, the words are absolutely identical as read beginning to end. What difference did you spot?

 

[stargurl78]

Too funny justginger, thanks for sharing!

I saw this one recently too:

 

[JewelFreak]

I'm having such a good time reading all these!!

 

[AGBF]

What words are changed, Deb? I don't see it -- except the layout with the last "yours," which isn't really different words.

You and the other posters who corrected me were quite right, Laurie. I wasn't considering the salutaion and the closing.

Deb/AGBF

 

[JewelFreak]

The change in format was confusing, Deb. I had to go over it word for word to be sure, myself.

--- Laurie