PANIC IN DC! The Swamp rats are “joking” about the gallows and how to escape if Trump becomes President 👀
(www.nytimes.com)
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Agree with the sentiment. Cheers fren.
Grammar police checkpoint:
Apostrophes have this effect on school children, it sends them into paroxysms of self-doubt, after courageously learning the difference between Capitals and 'small' letters. I am not criticizing you, because you were prolly typing really fast. But it is a hobby-horse of mine since I figured it out as a kid, and found a world full of people ignoring the 'rules'.
So here is my little discriptive writing 101 essay: Just observing, having taught primary and secondary students. it is a bit like the fraction hurdle, or the algebra nightmare.
So this is how I explain it to my kids: In general, the rule is to visualize what you are trying to say: IS it a plural (No apostrophe) or is it a thing that belongs to some other thing (Yes, apostrophe - Harry's pen). There are some special cases, like when something belongs to a group of people, but I digress.
Plans means mulitple plans.
Plan's needs a qualifier, i.e. something belonging to the plan. So for example, the plan's specifications, or the plan's architect, or the plan's owner-authorization, or something like that.
Another way to visualize it is to know that the apostrophe is replacing, or hiding a (prolly Old English) form. So for example what could have been Harry, his pen, becomes Harry's pen.
I say Old English, because the Normans (Viking-French) would say the pen of Harry. So definitely not that.
Sorry for autistic rant.
I agree with your intent, but I feel as though you used a few commas more than necessary. I sympathize. Commas are like little wrinkles in the rug, lying in wait to trip me. Should I, or should I not? I never feel certain.
I agree, I should have made a few more full stops.
I hope my critique wasn't overly harsh, it wasn't my intent.
Oh not at all. I need proof-readers on occasion.
Sometimes going with the flow is just channeling the ......."FORCE"?
The rant of Sadness, of which, informative it was.
LOL!
Thanks for the refresher. I'm a lazy writer. Guilty
Your talking directly to me. I use those little buggers way too much, often incorrectly. I much appreciate the above. I'm smarter now. It's a good day. Excuse the little bastards.