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2016 Postmortem

LiberalFighter

(51,084 posts) Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:05 PM Oct 2012

Liked it when Biden said "Now your Jack Kennedy?"

Biden is fast on his feet.

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Liked it when Biden said "Now your Jack Kennedy?" (Original Post) LiberalFighter Oct 2012 OP

That was a GREAT moment! FailureToCommunicate Oct 2012 #1

Now your Jack Kennedy what? SheilaT Oct 2012 #2

There, their, they're. Blanks Oct 2012 #3

FailureToCommunicate

(14,020 posts)

1. That was a GREAT moment!

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:08 PM

Oct 2012

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

2. Now your Jack Kennedy what?

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:10 PM

Oct 2012

Or do you mean, "Now you're (as in you are) Jack Kennedy"?

There really is a difference between the possessive pronoun "your", meaning something belonging to you, and the contraction "you're" short for you are. It's not charming to confuse the two.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)

3. There, their, they're.

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:17 PM

Oct 2012

Similarly frustrating.

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