English 101

How do you puctuate the following - - -
An English professor wrote the words :
"A woman without her man is nothing "
on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.

All of the males in the class wrote:

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

All the females in the class wrote:

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

Punctuation is powerful.

Thanks Neenie