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HipChick

(25,485 posts) Tue Apr 28, 2015, 01:56 PM Apr 2015

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President Obama don't need Luther any more..

He is speaking some truths today..

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President Obama don't need Luther any more.. (Original Post) HipChick Apr 2015 OP

Are you quoting someone in your title? MineralMan Apr 2015 #1

Correspondent's Dinner Prism Apr 2015 #2

I see. Thanks. MineralMan Apr 2015 #3

You be trippin'! NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #5

It's not uncommon for people to speak or write in colloquialistic terms. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #4

you don't be derailing threads no more ain't there go- snooper2 Apr 2015 #6

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)

1. Are you quoting someone in your title?

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 02:02 PM

Apr 2015

I ask because you use poor grammar in it, and I know you know the correct usage. If it's a quote, I'd like to know where it came from. Thanks.

Prism

(5,815 posts)

2. Correspondent's Dinner

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 02:04 PM

Apr 2015

There was a bit with Luther as an angry translator for the President.

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/26/3651353/obama-angry-climate-deniers/

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)

3. I see. Thanks.

Reply to Prism (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 02:05 PM

Apr 2015

However, it's not a quote. The President didn't use poor grammar, nor did the article. So, it's not a quotation, but a faulty paraphrase, putting bad grammar in the President's mouth.

The title should read: "The President doesn't need Luther..." President Obama speaks correctly and grammatically.

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

5. You be trippin'!

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 03:00 PM

Apr 2015

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

4. It's not uncommon for people to speak or write in colloquialistic terms.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 02:59 PM

Apr 2015

It makes the writing fun, yanno?

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

6. you don't be derailing threads no more ain't there go-

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 03:03 PM

Apr 2015

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