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Showing Original Post only (View all)This recent photo of Trump reminded me [View all]
Last edited Tue Mar 10, 2020, 04:41 PM - Edit history (1)
of his fellow faux populists in the superb animated feature Animal Farm (1954). The pigheadedness (understandable in the 2nd photo) and arrogance are there for all to see except for the willingly blind.
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No. "Boxers" in that sentence is a plural, but the apostrophe wrongly makes it a possessive; hence
tblue37
Mar 2020
#18
Yes. I understand the general rule for plurals and possessives. However, often with names
coti
Mar 2020
#19
Doesn't apply. The Boxers we become are all somewhat different and separate.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#24
No, there is only one Boxer character. "Boxers" would imply more than one separate entity
coti
Mar 2020
#36
The only possessive I can think of that drops the apostrophe is "its". . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#25
He evokes images of toads and Jabba the Hut even more than pigs, in my mind
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#28
In a lot of recent photos in a meeting trumps was folding his arms across his chest.
dixiegrrrrl
Mar 2020
#6
Holding his left to avoid knocking the guy is polite. Holding both is defensive. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#30
That's a great representation. His "inner" self is coming through loud & clear.
Judi Lynn
Mar 2020
#13
I noticed in another photo of him earlier how the confabulations are wearing him out
lambchopp59
Mar 2020
#23
I always thought of trump's "presidency" as more like Animal Farm than 1984.
Sugar Smack
Mar 2020
#33