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I think you'll find it's:

A woman, without her man, is nothing

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I feel stupid ! I probably would have clicked if it had all been in the plural (making more a general statement, ie

Women : without them, men are nothing.

No good looking for excuses, I failed miserably !

Two viewpoints, Chris - you missed the answer from the man's point of view given earlier!

Me think ChrisE missed it on purpose !!!

I did miss pigale's earlier post, elle - I've been busy today!

Pigale - it wouldn' t have worked given in the plural. The sentence had to be able to be punctuated from both the male and the female point of view.
You were nearly correct with the 'please miss' one- only a couple of modifications needed...

What about the other one?
How are you doing with that?
And where is Malone? He started all this!

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Now I must go and do some more gardening

Yes Elle, I can see where I went wrong on the Miss one.

What about the That one - had me going mad !

That, that is, is. That, that is not, is not. Is not that so? That is.