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To: Sub-Driver
The choice Americans are facing could not be more clear.

Sheesh . . . the former Speaker with a firm grasp of the English language.

/sarc

16 posted on 08/11/2012 8:45:21 AM PDT by RightField (one of the obstreperous citizens insisting on incorrect thinking - C. Krauthamer)
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To: RightField

You have to excuse her lack of writing ability since her college degree was earned on her back. Simply the dumbest person in a house full of morons.

Pray for America


21 posted on 08/11/2012 8:50:52 AM PDT by bray (Take out the commies in November!)
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To: RightField
The choice Americans are facing could not be more clear.

Sheesh . . . the former Speaker with a firm grasp of the English language.

/sarc


Sheesh, if you're going to criticize someone for language, at least be correct. Pelosi, though otherwise a dingbat, is entirely correct in her grammar.

Behold how you erred:

The verb phrase that goes with "choice" is "could not be". The verb form "are facing" modifies "Americans." "Americans are facing" modifies the subject of the sentence "choice." So:
The choice could not be more clear.
What kind of choice?
The "Americans are facing" kind of choice.
If she had used "that" between "choice" and "Americans" you probably would have seen instantly that the subject of the sentence was "The choice that Americans are facing" and that the predicate was "could not be more clear" and you wouldn't have been misled by thinking the plural 3rd person "are" had anything to do with the singular 3rd person "choice."
24 posted on 08/11/2012 8:58:41 AM PDT by aruanan
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