Punctuation and shades of meaning

[Murad]

I was told that each of the following sentences conveys a different meaning, but I cannot discern their distinct individual meaning. Please me:

1. We'll, be ready to eat Mr. Tompkins when the bell rings.
2. We'll be ready to eat Mr. Tompkins when the bell rings.
3. We'll, be ready to eat, Mr. Tompkins, when the bell rings.
4. We'll be ready to eat, Mr. Tompkins, when the bell rings.

Murad

[mykwyner]

1 & 3 are ungrammatical, we would never use a comma after "we'll" or "we will."

In sentence 2, Mr Tompkins is what (the food) we will eat when the bell rings.

We'll be ready to eat roast beef when the bell rings.
We'll be ready to eat Mr. Tompkins when the bell rings.

Sentence 4 is punctuated correctly. All of the others are not.

[Teia]

I was told that each of the following sentences conveys a different meaning, but I cannot discern their distinct individual meaning. Please me:

1. We'll, be ready to eat Mr. Tompkins when the bell rings.
2. We'll be ready to eat Mr. Tompkins when the bell rings.
3. We'll, be ready to eat, Mr. Tompkins, when the bell rings.
4. We'll be ready to eat, Mr. Tompkins, when the bell rings.

Murad

Hi

Sentences 2 and 4 convey a different meaning. The correct sentence here is nr. 4.
Sentence nr. 2 tells us [ because of a wrong punctuation] that "We are going to eat Mr. Tompkins when the bell rings". [it is an act of canibalism or man - eating].
Sentences nr. 1 and 3 are totally incorrect because the mark or morphem for future " `ll " [ will ] can not be split from the rest of the verb by a comma.

Regards,

[mykwyner]

Maybe "Mr. Tompkins" was the name of our favorite chicken or pig.

[curmudgeon]

Maybe "Mr. Tompkins" was the name of our favorite chicken or pig.

Or maybe they are cannibals

[Teia]

Poor Mr. Tompkins!

[curmudgeon]

Poor Mr. Tompkins!