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In reply to the discussion: Homeless man gets 180 days for theft of candy bars [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)post #16 (the post in question) with its grammar for that specific instance corrected:
Original: "At 21 im pretty sure he couldve went back Home or stay with relatives, no need to be homeless"
Corrected for grammar: "At 21 im pretty sure he couldve (sic) gone back Home or stay with relatives, no need to be homeless."
Even had she used the past participle 'gone' correctly, the sentence would still sound and read as though this DUer were channeling her inner Sarah Palin, irrespective of the complete absence of empathy (which is hardly unique to Palin). I'm now referring to the dangling modifier, run-on sentence and comma splicing (but ignoring errors of punctuation) as indicative of sloppy thought, even with the past participle used correctly.
But your point is well taken.