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Related: About this forumHistory Lesson: Trump's Rise Might Signal the Collapse of the Republican Party, with Sean Wilentz
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History Lesson: Trump's Rise Might Signal the Collapse of the Republican Party, with Sean Wilentz (Original Post)
Binkie The Clown
Jun 2016
OP
Grammar Advice: I suggest you use the subjunctive or conditional tense to discuss
Nitram
Jun 2016
#3
gordianot
(15,237 posts)1. Take the "party" out and you have Republic.
Historically those things do not have long track records.
zebonaut
(3,688 posts)2. Get Ready for trump to morph into a Bernie Sanders facsimile.
Nitram
(22,791 posts)3. Grammar Advice: I suggest you use the subjunctive or conditional tense to discuss
"a Trump presidency."
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)4. The wording is quoted from the article.
I, on the other hand, never make grammticalistic blunders.
Nitram
(22,791 posts)6. You're right. Journalists often write for the lowest common denominator - the same crowd to whom
George Bush directed his brand of "English." Nice comeback, btw!
floppyboo
(2,461 posts)5. As we 'Knew it' Yah
only another 4 years of nothing to look forward to.
Get busy down ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!