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9. Not to be the grammar cop

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:25 AM

Jan 2021

But that‘s „the Clintons and the Obamas.“

English doesn‘t use an apostrophe to form a plural, only Republicanese does.

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Mitch didn't wait for his wife and just walked into the building. LOL [View all] servermsh Jan 2021 OP

Ciao, Bella lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #1

probably had to pee bigtree Jan 2021 #2

LOL n/t servermsh Jan 2021 #4

LOL malaise Jan 2021 #10

Hey wait. As an old man with "pee issues" I object. yellowcanine Jan 2021 #12

None of the repugs were taunt manners, evidently. Butterflylady Jan 2021 #3

But whose convenience? DFW Jan 2021 #6

My husband used to be thoughtless like that Kittycow Jan 2021 #5

I suspect it is a marriage of convenience, anyhow. MineralMan Jan 2021 #7

Not to be the grammar cop DFW Jan 2021 #9

But auto-corect does. LisaM Jan 2021 #11

Fixed :) servermsh Jan 2021 #15

Exactly what Chump did to Malaria on Inauguration Day, 2017. bullwinkle428 Jan 2021 #14