A. Twittler is asking for Prayers and Thoughts

[syringis]

Link to tweet

Please join me with your thoughts and prayers for both aviators, their families and our incredible @USNavy.

I might be wrong, but isn't this sentence bizarre ?

Please join me with your thoughts and prayers for both aviators, their families and our incredible @USNavy.

With ? Isn't better to say : join your P&T to mine ? Well, in French, it is what I would say. That "with" makes feel like I need a bag , a trolley or whatever, to carry the P&T

"For" ? isn't "goes to" more correct ?

"Both" ? Why both when talking about victims, families AND the Navy ? Isn't "both" used when only 2 subjects are involved ?

Sorry, if I'm wrong. If so, I've learned something new today.

[Dale Neiburg]

1. I'm really not sure what he's trying to say.

And I know it's scant consolation, but your English is much better than his.

[syringis]

2. Hello Dale

Thank you.

I try to do my best to not to hurt too much the English language.

If, even me, as non native English speaker, find his tweets and speeches strange, I wonder what are your impressions ?

[Sanity Claws]

11. Confused mind and thinking leads to confused writing

That is my take on his poor writing.

Also, his personality will not allow him to admit that he is ever wrong. Accordingly, he cannot edit his writing because editing would be an admission that his first thought was wrong in some way.

[syringis]

3. A little kick, looking for an answer

[HipChick]

4. My dearest syringis....Dotus is an idiot...hard to believe his first language is English..

[syringis]

6. Hello HipChick

Well, to be honest, I'm not counting on him to improve my English.

[HipChick]

8. My nephew told me the other day..

That he sees no reason to do his homework, as the president of the US cannot neither spell or speak properly
If he can be president like that, why does he have to do his homework?...

[poboy2]

5. Both 2, correct. The Traitor should have said 'all'. The traitor is an idiot too. -nt

[syringis]

7. Hello Poboy

Thank you.

[haele]

9. It's awkward sentance structure. There were two Navy Airmen who went down in Key West.

However, when grouping them with other things (aviators along with their families and the Navy in general), it should be written as "for the two aviators" instead of "for both aviators", just so there would be no confusion on the subject that one is sharing sympathy with - which is a group that includes the aviators who lost their lives.

"With" is acceptable here because of the way colloquial English can be constructed.

I think the more concise tweet that might suggest an official appearance of condolences would read:

"Please join me in sending thoughts and prayers to the families of the two aviators who lost their lives in Key West this morning and our incredible @USNavy"

An Oxford comma is not required between "morning" and "and" at the end, but some people might add it.

The two aviators who perished do not need prayers, unless their religion demands others pray for their entrance to some sort of preferred afterlife. Thoughts, yes - but not prayers.

Haele

[syringis]

10. Thank you Haele