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11. Nuttin

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2018, 12:09 PM

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Grammar police please tell me what this means [View all] ashling Nov 2018 OP

Gibberish Sanity Claws Nov 2018 #1

It's not just gibberish, it's. . . TheBlackAdder Nov 2018 #36

We will no longer send tanks and the infantry lapfog_1 Nov 2018 #2

My guess is "online charter schools" Orangepeel Nov 2018 #3

I agree. Literal turf meaning bricks & mortar schools. Demit Nov 2018 #6

That is my guess, as well. n/t demmiblue Nov 2018 #8

That's what happens when someone has no idea what they're trying to say, MineralMan Nov 2018 #4

Good answer ! ashling Nov 2018 #12

This Appears to be Someone Who is Not Very Bright Attempting to Appear Knowledgeable dlk Nov 2018 #5

Is there context? It seems to be saying... TreasonousBastard Nov 2018 #7

There is always context ashling Nov 2018 #20

I wonder if the writer of that deathly prose was a graduate of the schools... TreasonousBastard Nov 2018 #27

It's bullshit. malthaussen Nov 2018 #9

Wars HAB911 Nov 2018 #10

Nuttin elleng Nov 2018 #11

A mind is a terrible thing to waste C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #13

Looks like something Trump would say. Corgigal Nov 2018 #14

It's the old "buzzword" game FakeNoose Nov 2018 #15

There are many examples like this in the book 'Less Than Words Can Say' by Richard Lederer. klook Nov 2018 #16

Fantastic author ashling Nov 2018 #22

Public schools zipplewrath Nov 2018 #17

Turf battles usually refers to bureaucratic fights for power marylandblue Nov 2018 #18

"...to put the educational needs of students in the place of primacy" Hav Nov 2018 #19

Can't police grammar gibberish! MoonRiver Nov 2018 #21

Charter schools, online education n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #23

bureaucrat speak shanny Nov 2018 #24

It's a mediocre, room-temperature word-salad. Socal31 Nov 2018 #25

They should have left out the Romaine ashling Nov 2018 #38

odds are this is a wink to private, christian and for profit schools. Thomas Hurt Nov 2018 #26

"Literal" turf is grass lawn or other grass areas or sod squares. marybourg Nov 2018 #28

Did anyone mention the comma shouldn't be there? Hokie Nov 2018 #29

Nothing wrong with the comma. Demit Nov 2018 #30

It's RW bilge, but makes more sense in the context of the original 2016 document (link) VOX Nov 2018 #31

In Arkansas they could be talking about the football field bigbrother05 Nov 2018 #32

Sounds like someone who was home-schooled by Betsy DeVos. smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #33

Republicanese DFW Nov 2018 #34

Are they selling off schoolyards, or talking about surfacing football fields? surrealAmerican Nov 2018 #35

Constituents are pissed at rising property taxes SoCalDem Nov 2018 #37