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Punctuation Matters: 10 Hilarious Proofs that Correct Usage Makes a Huge Difference

Let's eat Grandma! A woman without her man is nothing. I find inspiration in cooking my family and my dog. Wanted: one night stand. Let's eat, Grandma! A woman: without her, man is nothing. I find inspiration in cooking, my family, and my dog. Wanted: one-night stand. Let's eat! Commas matter. Colons matter. Commas matter. Hyphens matter. Eat your dinner! Security Guard Punctuation Matters Eat. You're dinner! "Security Guard" Apostrophes matter. Quotation marks matter. Twenty five-dollar bills. I want to thank my parents, Tiffany and God I'm sorry I love you. Man eating chicken. $100 Thanks, Mom and Dad! Twenty-five dollar bills. I want to thank my parents, Tiffany, and God. I'm sorry; I love you. Man-eating chicken. $25 Hyphens matter. Oxford Commas matter. Semicolons matter. Hyphens matter. TheVisualCommunicationGuy.com 2015

Punctuation Matters: 10 Hilarious Proofs that Correct Usage Makes a Huge Difference

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It’s just a little comma, right? No biggie. Not like most people know the rules anyway! If this is your attitude towards those pesky little punctuation marks, you might want to take a second glan... ce. Punctuation does more than you might think to writing: it changes pace of reading, it offers sentence complexity and variety, and, probably most important, it clarifies meaning. But when you get punctuation wrong, you risk more than just having clunky sentences or a slightly confusing sentence. The reality is, you may completely change the meaning of the entire sentence. Check out these now-famous examples of simple punctuation changes that change, well, everything about the sentence.