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The Mav strikes again
by christina in October 7th, 2008
Topics: Politics Tags: distrust vs. mistrust, John McCain, presidential debate, subject-verb agreement, word choice
Once again our maverick McCain refused to abide by the dictates of the English language. He committed an impressive number of rhetorical mistakes tonight, given the amount of time he spent repeatedly calling the audience of undecided voters “my friends.”
He may have been in the presence of purported friends, but McCain sure couldn’t get his [...]
Crisis on the verge of crisis!
by christina in September 25th, 2008
Topics: Politics Tags: John McCain, Katie Couric, redundancy, subject-verb agreement, who vs. that, who vs. whom
redundancy, who vs. that, who vs. whom, subject-verb agreement
When Sen. John McCain talked with Katie Couric about Congress’ $700 billion bailout package yesterday, he seemed determined to stress the gravity of the situation.
“The financial crisis is on the verge of a very, very serious, most serious crisis since the end of World War II,” he [...]
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