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cwydro

(51,308 posts)
21. So many incorrect use of commas that I wouldn't know where to begin.
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 10:56 PM
Apr 2020

It appears to have been written by a poorly educated person.

Oh, wait.

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X "team and me". Spell "alterative" at end. Needlessly lengthy sentences. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #1
"By my team and me" is correct. "By" is a preposition, so it takes the object case of the pronoun. n tblue37 Apr 2020 #5
Thanks. I missed "by". I learned to test by eliminating half the and: so "by me". You are correct.nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #6
Trump is a pathetic and stupid man. madaboutharry Apr 2020 #2
OMG - does no on at the WH have a button that says "check spelling and grammar"? jls4561 Apr 2020 #3
why are we counting paragraphs as we go? unblock Apr 2020 #4
#3 is the one that got me underpants Apr 2020 #11
He also "really likes" quotation marks. unblock Apr 2020 #14
He needs a "cat" in his "lap" underpants Apr 2020 #17
The first two sentences are simply not passive. Igel Apr 2020 #19
This is the Onion, right? davekriss Apr 2020 #7
This idiot Trump did. nt Progressive Jones Apr 2020 #9
This idiot Trump did. nt Progressive Jones Apr 2020 #10
Sadly, it seems that it did. Igel Apr 2020 #20
The letter seems to be in his voice, I think he wrote/dictated it. Alex4Martinez Apr 2020 #8
He never really graduated from high school, did he? smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #12
Should have been "United States Senate" not Senator, for starters. TwilightZone Apr 2020 #13
Wow I missed that, the Senator part underpants Apr 2020 #15
Always placing blame on others bdamomma Apr 2020 #16
While taking credit and punching down underpants Apr 2020 #18
So many incorrect use of commas that I wouldn't know where to begin. cwydro Apr 2020 #21
Someone should re-write the whole thing jayschool2013 Apr 2020 #22
Here's the re-write, without the mistakes and crazy! MyOwnPeace Apr 2020 #23
Brilliant! jayschool2013 Apr 2020 #24
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