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TheBigotBasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-11 06:45 AM
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Why grammar is important


(and to Rethugs - grammar isn't the old lady on medicare who visits every now and again)
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-11 06:48 AM
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1. Oops!
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deacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-11 06:49 AM
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2. LOL!
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-11 06:49 AM
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3. Its Granma who visits the Rethugs
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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kickysnana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-11 09:18 AM
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4. I miss my grammar so much, she used to bake the best cakes. n/t
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-11 01:51 PM
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5. Both interpretations are grammatically correct
The problem is not a mistake of grammar; it's that the headline has two (or perhaps more) valid interpretations in English, and they mean quite different things.
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