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To: Beave Meister
“We have a weak and indecisive president that invites aggression,” scolded Senator Lindsey Graham (revealing his own weakness: grammar).

Having taught grammar for quite a few years, I'm wondering where there's a grammar weakness . . . maybe "that" for "who"?

6 posted on 03/06/2014 6:49:43 AM PST by laweeks
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To: laweeks
“We have a weak and indecisive president that invites aggression,” scolded Senator Lindsey Graham (revealing his own weakness: grammar).

Having taught grammar for quite a few years, I'm wondering where there's a grammar weakness . . . maybe "that" for "who"?

How about the Times didn't get the punctuation correct:

“We have a weak and indecisive president; that invites aggression."

I can't believe that I am supporting Lindsey. How embarrassing.

9 posted on 03/06/2014 9:54:54 AM PST by par4
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To: laweeks
Having taught grammar for quite a few years, I'm wondering where there's a grammar weakness . . . maybe "that" for "who"?

Maybe the writer was "alerted" to a grammar "issue" (advised of a word substitution) by MS-Word or some other processor as he was spell checking his article.

11 posted on 03/08/2014 12:25:53 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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