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Trump just tweeted about John Lewis. (Original Post) Dial H For Hero Jul 2020 OP
"To HIM" leftieNanner Jul 2020 #1
He or Him isn't around anymore. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #2
"ain't" leftieNanner Jul 2020 #5
Ha! Nevilledog Jul 2020 #7
Is this an "American" English Disaffected Jul 2020 #20
It's To Him, not to he leftieNanner Jul 2020 #22
OK, thanks, Disaffected Jul 2020 #23
He, she is used as subject. Him, her is used as object of preposition. LuvLoogie Jul 2020 #25
Not to mention "literally," kskiska Jul 2020 #26
If Trump used that word, he would spell it with two Ts leftieNanner Jul 2020 #28
You are correct. Also object of mfcorey1 Jul 2020 #21
even with the bad grammar i doubt he wrote it. Thomas Hurt Jul 2020 #3
Same here. Trump's not capable of writing that. yardwork Jul 2020 #9
Whoever actually wrote it probably included an obvious grammatical error Tanuki Jul 2020 #19
He sure put a lot of thought into that tweet, didn't he? The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #4
When I first read your post leftieNanner Jul 2020 #6
He's golfing today. Probably wrote it between holes...if he wrote it at all. NYC Liberal Jul 2020 #27
And they accuse Joe of having dementia gollygee Jul 2020 #8
You can feel the coldness in every word. madaboutharry Jul 2020 #10
I wonder who wrote it? tavernier Jul 2020 #11
PUKE! shockey80 Jul 2020 #12
Kudos to the staffer who deliberately included a grammar error... JHB Jul 2020 #13
which holes was he between when he Tweeted this? CreekDog Jul 2020 #14
No, you dumb fuck.... moose65 Jul 2020 #15
HIM and his family. Did the people who tweet for dump even go to high school? onecaliberal Jul 2020 #16
Holy crap. they can't even get the grammar right. cwydro Jul 2020 #17
Honestly, I expected much worse. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #18
friends, the grammatical error is bait, don't take it 0rganism Jul 2020 #24
" to he and his family." DFW Jul 2020 #29
I sincerely doubt that either of them prays hauckeye Jul 2020 #30

Disaffected

(4,507 posts)
20. Is this an "American" English
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 02:43 PM
Jul 2020

compared to "English" English thing?

I've always thought that "he" was the correct way to state it.

Similarly, what about "He and I ........." vs "Him and I......"?

leftieNanner

(14,998 posts)
22. It's To Him, not to he
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 02:48 PM
Jul 2020

"He and I" is correct.

The "me and him" thing that is popular with young folks drives me CRAZY!

Disaffected

(4,507 posts)
23. OK, thanks,
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:01 PM
Jul 2020

I'm trying to figure out though why "to he and his family" sounds correct to me (and always has done). And still wondering if it's an English vs American thing. I dunno, maybe it's just Canadian.

I'm a bit of a stickler for grammar myself and certainly agree that "me and him" (or "me and Joe&quot sounds ignorant. And it's not only young folks...

LuvLoogie

(6,854 posts)
25. He, she is used as subject. Him, her is used as object of preposition.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:13 PM
Jul 2020

Example:

He ate food.

Add the prepositional phrase "with her"

He ate food with her.

prepositional phrases start with words like: about, above, below, besides,

https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/prepositions.htm

mfcorey1

(10,997 posts)
21. You are correct. Also object of
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 02:44 PM
Jul 2020

the preposition requires him. I am only pointing this out because a genius like drumpf wouldn't have it any other way.

Tanuki

(14,893 posts)
19. Whoever actually wrote it probably included an obvious grammatical error
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 02:41 PM
Jul 2020

to make it more plausible that it was written by Idiot 45.

NYC Liberal

(20,132 posts)
27. He's golfing today. Probably wrote it between holes...if he wrote it at all.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:21 PM
Jul 2020

It’s the most generic condolence he could have written.

madaboutharry

(40,152 posts)
10. You can feel the coldness in every word.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 02:22 PM
Jul 2020

There is a word for this kind of message: Perfunctory.

Trump never allows a day to pass without reminding us of the depth of his loathsomeness.

JHB

(37,131 posts)
13. Kudos to the staffer who deliberately included a grammar error...
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 02:26 PM
Jul 2020

...when typing it in, so that it would look more authentic.

moose65

(3,164 posts)
15. No, you dumb fuck....
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 02:32 PM
Jul 2020

When someone dies, you don’t send prayers to them. You send prayers to their family. The person who died doesn’t need your prayers any more.

Trump can’t even get basic things right. 🙄

0rganism

(23,855 posts)
24. friends, the grammatical error is bait, don't take it
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:07 PM
Jul 2020

setup: Trump makes grammatical error in post claiming sorrow and prayer regarding the passing of Rep. John Lewis

mistake response: Look! he couldn't even get the grammar right in his tweet

knockdown: "the hypocritical radical left is attacking our president for grammar details in a message to the American people honoring the great John Lewis"

in other words:


there's plenty to criticize here, but the grammar is detail bait. try this instead: "how is it that the president of the United States of America could not find it in his heart to do more to honor Rep. John Lewis than tweet 2 sentences from the golf course? where is his statement on the systemic racial inequality that plagues our society today?"

i swear Trump does this on purpose -- take some ill-considered half-assed action, intentionally package it in a tweet with an error that gets everyone talking about how he wouldn't make it through the 3rd grade. meanwhile, the half-assery continues unchecked.

Putin smiles.

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