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Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 09:52 PM Jan 2021

as we ramp up for the last two weeks...

Grammar tips for Twitter:


If you're trying to describe a single motherfucker who is both a racist and a piece of shit, there are some basic rules to follow:
1) Motherfucker is, indeed, a compound noun, so it is a single word: "motherfucker," as is the gerund/adjective "motherfucking," as in "The president of the United States is a motherfucking racist," or "The president of the United States is a motherfucker."
2) "Racist" can be used as both a noun and an adjective, so its placement in your sentence depends on how you use it: "The motherfucking president is a racist," and "The president is a motherfucking racist" are both correct, as is "The racist president is a motherfucker."
3) "Piece-of-shit" is different than both "motherfucking" and "racist" because as a compound adjective used before the noun it modifies, it needs hyphenation. As a noun phrase, "piece of shit" needs no extra hyphenation: "The president is a piece of shit" is fine, but you need to write "The piece-of-shit president is a motherfucking racist" with the hyphens indicating its role as an adjective.
4) If you want to use both "piece of shit" as a predicate adjective and "motherfucking" and "racist" as adjectives before the noun, it needs a comma to separate what are called "adjectives of equal rank": "The President is a motherfucking, racist piece of shit." (Thanks, Roland99!)

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as we ramp up for the last two weeks... (Original Post) Claire Oh Nette Jan 2021 OP
Thank you Tree-Hugger Jan 2021 #1
piece of shit can be abbreviated as POS, as we know Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #2
Thanx, I have been mistakenly putting a comma between racist and piece of shit. Arne Jan 2021 #3
And for God's sake, do not use the word "concubine." It got me permanently banned from Twitter catbyte Jan 2021 #4

catbyte

(34,334 posts)
4. And for God's sake, do not use the word "concubine." It got me permanently banned from Twitter
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 10:00 PM
Jan 2021

on November 5.

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