Punctuation is very important.

pushpinpussy · Post by **pushpinpussy** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:29 am

There's a Maypole dancer.

Theresa May, pole dancer.

bfccrazy · Post by **bfccrazy** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:39 am

It's the difference between helping your uncle, Jack, off a horse.

And ....

helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:48 am

That old classic :-

Eats, shoots and leaves / Eats shoots and leaves.

Bullabill · Post by **Bullabill** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:53 am

Helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Helping your uncle Jack off a horse.

They're different without punctuation.

Wexford_Claret · Post by **Wexford_Claret** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:05 am

Bullabill wrote:Helping your uncle jack off a horse.

Helping your uncle Jack off a horse.

They're different without punctuation.

Capital letter is punctuation, I think you’ll find.

StuffyClaret · Post by **StuffyClaret** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:40 am

Roger the vicar

Roger the vicar

Roosterbooster · Post by **Roosterbooster** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:45 am

StuffyClaret wrote:Roger the vicar

Roger the vicar

They mean the same thing. Should be:

Roger, the vicar...

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:49 am

pushpinpussy wrote:There's a Maypole dancer.

Theresa May, pole dancer.

But using the correct words is much more important, as your example demonstrates.

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:55 pm

Roosterbooster wrote:They mean the same thing. Should be:

Roger, the vicar...

Roger! The vicar!
Roger the vicar!
Roger, the vicar.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:00 pm

God help the vicar.

StuffyClaret · Post by **StuffyClaret** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:15 pm

Roosterbooster wrote:They mean the same thing. Should be:

Roger, the vicar...

I beg to differ:

Roger the vicar in the same context as 'Bob the builder'

and

Roger the vicar in the same context as 'bash the bishop'

TractorFace · Post by **TractorFace** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:42 pm

I bet this uncle Jack lives in Blackburn.

LordBob · Post by **LordBob** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:12 pm

What's that in the road ahead? What's that in the road, a head?

morpheus2 · Post by **morpheus2** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 3:02 pm

Today I went to see the physio (the rapist who told me to exercise my elbow).

Roosterbooster · Post by **Roosterbooster** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:00 pm

StuffyClaret wrote:I beg to differ:

Roger the vicar in the same context as 'Bob the builder'

and

Roger the vicar in the same context as 'bash the bishop'

You assume “Bob the builder” is correct. Different clauses should be separated by commas. Telling us that Roger is a vicar is adding supplementary information, and is, hence, a different clause.

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