A Little Experiment ............

[Gizmonster]

This is NOT a test to see how good your punctuation is, but something else - which I shall reveal later ..... or it may well be revealed by others on here :)

All I want you to do, is punctuate the following sentence AND state whether you're male or female .... all shall be revealed :)

Please do NOT look at any of the other answers before you reply, as I don't want you influenced in any way.

The sentence is:

A woman without her man is nothing

[Psybbo]

'A woman without her man is nothing' is a fallacy

[Jackdaw33]

A woman, without her man, is nothing. Male

[Elina]

A woman, without her man, is nothing. (Female)

[jno]

a woman! Without her, man is nothing.

Indeterminate gender.

[fiction-factory]

A woman: without her, man is nothing.

[ubasses]

A woman, without her man is nothing. (F)

[Jackdaw33]

A female would write:

A woman, without her man is nothing

[Prudie]

A woman - without her man is nothing (female)

[Gavmacp]

Have seen this before...
But how I would punctuate without thinking is...
A woman, without her, man is nothing.
I am male.

[joeluke]

A woman, without her man, is nothing. (M)

[Peter Pedant]

Blimey one possibility

" a woman, without her man, is nothing " is pretty insulting

[Elina]

Oh, interesting gav!

[mikey4444]

Oh dear, and after two glassettes of Malbec !

I will give it a try :::

"A woman, without her man, is nothing"

[wired]

A woman without, her man is nothing. H

[mazie]

A woman: without her, man is nothing (F)

[Gizmonster]

Jeez - didn't expect so many answers so quick.

I was wondering, as someone pointed out, how males and females would punctuate this.

I was wondering if anyone (possibly females??) would punctuate it in the less obvious way:

"A woman: without her, man is nothing."

Instead of the more obvious:

"A woman, without her man, is nothing."

...... both having completely different meanings.

[Baldric]

Man would write
"A woman, without her man, is nothing"

Woman would write
"A woman: without her, man is nothing"

[excelsior-1]

although i don't believe in the sentiment, i would have phrased it as --

-- a woman is nothing, without her man

(male)

[netibiza]

A woman, without her, man is nothing!!

[mazie]

I think I just did Giz