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To: yardboyd
I’m against somebody. Think of it. I’m against somebody that who can’t answer simple questions.

Fixed. Don't know why, but it's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me...

2 posted on 05/25/2020 6:36:08 AM PDT by econjack
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To: econjack

I’m not always grammatically correct, but when I am that’s one of the things I notice.


10 posted on 05/25/2020 6:48:29 AM PDT by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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To: econjack

One of my pet peeves is “different than”. That’s impossible. One can be bigger than, fatter than, slower than or smarter than; but they can’t be DIFFERENT than! If one is different, they are different FROM; like apples are different from oranges. Ai-yai-yai donner vedder!


32 posted on 05/25/2020 7:18:03 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: econjack
I’m against somebody. Think of it. I’m against somebody that can’t answer simple questions.

Trump is referring to an inamimate object so in this case "that" is correct.

40 posted on 05/25/2020 7:38:03 AM PDT by RightInEastLansing
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To: econjack
I’m against somebody. Think of it. I’m against somebody that who can’t answer simple questions.

Fixed. Don't know why, but it's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me...

Agreed, but giving Trump the benefit here, due to his opposition to WHO.

42 posted on 05/25/2020 7:41:06 AM PDT by C210N
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To: econjack

I seriously doubt that they bother to teach grammar and diagramming sentences in grade school anymore.

The up and coming generation ‘knows words’, but they have no idea why those words are used.

A friend of mine, who is 40 years old says... “Well... like... like....I mean....uh... like... uh... uh... you know that thing that happened yesterday... it was like... like... you know what I mean.”

The Black Culture, and rebellious teenagers of all races have developed a knock-off of English. They do it so other people who aren’t ‘black’ or aren’t ‘hip’ (can I even use that word these days?) won’t be able to tell what they were talking about.

They don’t get it that the reason for the rules of grammar are so that we all understand each other.


44 posted on 05/25/2020 7:53:00 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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