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What's the difference between George Washington, Richard Nixon, and Donald Trump? (Original Post) meow2u3 Jan 2017 OP
Among robersl Jan 2017 #1
Grammar nazi meow2u3 Jan 2017 #2
Among robersl Jan 2017 #3
I get you robersl. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #4
Grammar robersl Jan 2017 #5
Yikes. That's a bad one... MontanaMama Jan 2017 #12
Here's a handy mnemonic: Qutzupalotl Jan 2017 #10
You're killing me!! MontanaMama Jan 2017 #13
Yeah, I'm a grammar nut as well (because of my mother) Stonepounder Jan 2017 #6
And here my brain was thinking the first was a Mason, ChazII Jan 2017 #7
Phenomenal IntraPolitico Jan 2017 #8
Funnny! I'm a bad joke teller, but that one is so true, Alice11111 Jan 2017 #9
Russia has kompromat on Trump... roseBudd Jan 2017 #11

robersl

(83 posts)
1. Among
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 10:56 AM
Jan 2017

Good joke, but you can't use difference to compare 3 things. It should be "What are the differences among George Washington, Richard Nixon, and Donald Trump?"

MontanaMama

(23,314 posts)
4. I get you robersl.
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 11:41 AM
Jan 2017

My mom used to charge me a quarter for each grammatical error. At 50+ years old, I still feel stress when I use 'lay' and 'lie' fearing I'll misuse it.

robersl

(83 posts)
5. Grammar
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 11:55 AM
Jan 2017

Ha - that made me laugh.

Alright, how about this one - I work with people, some of them very intelligent, who will write "suppose" instead of "supposed", as in "I'm suppose to be in a meeting in 5 minutes".

Make me crazy.....

MontanaMama

(23,314 posts)
12. Yikes. That's a bad one...
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 03:32 PM
Jan 2017

We just had someone at our staff meeting say "Irregardless". I had to take a drink of coffee to make sure I kept my mouth shut.

Qutzupalotl

(14,311 posts)
10. Here's a handy mnemonic:
Thu Jan 19, 2017, 07:31 PM
Jan 2017

Trump got laid in Moscow and then lied about it.

Okay, not so much a mnemonic as an excuse to trash Trump.

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