The importance of punctuation

Thanks for the laughs. I'm always amused at these traffic instructions: Slow traffic crossing. Slow plant moving.

Or the confusing poster near school.
“Stopping here could endanger a child!”

Is it just me who thinks that not stopping might be even more dangerous?

The TV advert for a laundry product always gets me. At the very end, we are instructed to "Always keep away from children".

I don't want to keep away from all children - I quite like to give my dgc a hug now and then! 😁

“ punc” is Latin for point.

Jaxie

“ punc” is Latin for point.

Thank you Jaxie, most illuminating. You may have seen that I was wondering about the etymology of it.
(But was to lazy to do anything about it)

Those things over there are my husbands.
Those things over there are my husband's.

It makes you wonder how we understand each other in spoken English, doesn't it, with no punctuation whatsoever!

Yes, intonation and word stress can make all the difference, but equally often they don't, as in absent's example.

John had had had where James had had had had had had had had the teachers approval

John had had "had", where James had had "had had". "Had had" had had the teacher's approval.

JackyB

John had had had where James had had had had had had had had the teachers approval

John had had "had", where James had had "had had". "Had had" had had the teacher's approval.

Correct ⭐️

John had used the perfect tense of the verb to have, where James had used the pluperfect tense of the same verb. The pluperfect tense was accorded the teacher’s approval.

⭐️⭐️

JackyB

John had had had where James had had had had had had had had the teachers approval

John had had "had", where James had had "had had". "Had had" had had the teacher's approval.

I remember that from school!