Add/take a few commas

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No: HPFGUIDX 75431

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Inge" <Elvishooked at h...> wrote:
> I was just wondering about the prophesy (yea, really - me, too) - 
> maybe if a comma or two were added or taken out of the text of the 
> prophesy - could that change anything about the meaning of what it 
> might say? 
> Maybe give or take a full-stop/period......?
> Sometimes only a small change of punctuations can change a lot.
> English is not my native language so Im leaving it up to you all to 
> try it out :)
> 
> Inge

Oh my word, yes!

I  think it would be possible to predict just about *anything* if you start adding 
punctuation marks.

I love playing about with the English language but  I'd feel daunted by the number of 
possible permutations. Maybe there's a piece of software that could randomly add 
commas, colons, semi-colons, periods, question marks and exclamation marks and 
come up with non-rubbish phrases, but I don't know of one.

The Prophesy is spoken in a 'high harsh tone', so it's probably without any particular 
emphasis on any particular word or words; and even emphases could cause us to 
rethink some of the phrases. It's a nightmare!

Kneasy