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KingCharlemagne
KingCharlemagne's Journal
KingCharlemagne's Journal
May 27, 2017
The press and broadcast media should boycott Montana. Mass walkouts from
their local media outlets and no national coverage whatsoever. There should be a 100% media blackout on Montana until Gianforte resigns.
Montana is dead to me now.
May 10, 2017
"you informing me" -- the gerund "informing" is a noun and should take the possessive adjective "your" (not "you"
.
"to effectively lead" -- classic split infinitive. Not a grammar error per se, but a major stylistic weakness. Would read better to say "not able to lead the Bureau effectively."
The days of William Safire, George Will and William Buckley Jr. are long gone for Republicans.
Have fun, my fellow grammarians and band of brothers!
Grammar Nazi: Two grammar mistakes in one sentence of Trump's
letter to Comey:
“While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau,”
"you informing me" -- the gerund "informing" is a noun and should take the possessive adjective "your" (not "you"
.
"to effectively lead" -- classic split infinitive. Not a grammar error per se, but a major stylistic weakness. Would read better to say "not able to lead the Bureau effectively."
The days of William Safire, George Will and William Buckley Jr. are long gone for Republicans.
Have fun, my fellow grammarians and band of brothers!
May 9, 2017
What did Trump know and when did he know it? Who will be this
Senate's Howard Baker and ask the question?
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