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‘Say it ain’t so, Joe’
Doggone it, Joe! You’ve been givin’ speeches since I was in second grade; I thought you had a better grasp of language!
Just as the Delaware senator made rhetorical blunders in his Springfield speech and his Denver acceptance speech, he made a heckuva lot of errors in last night’s debate.
Biden had a hard time with the [...]
Gaffes with Gibson
singular vs. plural, passive voice, using possessives with gerunds
It appears Sarah Palin’s aides were so busy prepping her on foreign affairs and national security that they didn’t have time to review grammar.
The governor made many singular-plural mistakes, particularly when describing states and nations, which are singular. For example, in the Thursday interview, Palin told [...]
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