punctuate this sentence to make it make sense....?

An English professor wrote the words, “Woman without her man is nothing” on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly.

The men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing.”

The women wrote: “Woman: Without her, man is nothing.”

Well now, this is interesting. There is a spelling error here, which nullifies the whole thing.

Had you said, "woman without her man is nothing" one possible punctuation could have been "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."

But the corollary could not be said, as that would have to be

"A woman, without her man, is nothing." and that introductory particle is missing.

However, as neither of those fits within your parameters, there isn't much else to do with that sentence.

A woman without her man is nothing.

A woman is much more important than man.

A woman without. Her man is nothing.

Sounds kinda Zen, huh? XD

Woman; without her, man is nothing.

woman, without her man, is nothing

woman: without her man, is nothing

woman: without her: man is nothing

woman, without her; man is nothing

*woman, without her, man is nothing*

I agree with Mark T. Very clever. I didn't see it at first.

in accordance to what you printed: That, it is, is. That, it is not, isn't. That, it is, isn't that. it is not that, it is not. isn't that, it is? Is that not it? that's.