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rock

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8. As I've said before

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 12:01 PM

Aug 2015

Spoken English can't be diagrammed. You can also throw out your grammar book if spoken English is what you're learning. This isn't just Trump's language! Of course, in more formal situations, speakers try to speak a little more formal (like in those grammar books).

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Help Us Diagram This Sentence by Donald Trump! [View all] demmiblue Aug 2015 OP

No.....my brain would break. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #1

I got nothing oberliner Aug 2015 #2

More interested in DSM-III classification. Narcissist, paranoid, schizophrenic, delusional? lostnfound Aug 2015 #3

You've never transcribed real speech before, have you? Igel Aug 2015 #4

If only one could locate the predicate ....... n/t Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #5

I couldn't even locate the subject. shraby Aug 2015 #6

I think it's "You- understood". Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #7

Maybe that's wrong. It's been a while: Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #9

The subject is easy. 3catwoman3 Aug 2015 #10

As I've said before rock Aug 2015 #8

What is the premise? Rex Aug 2015 #11

genetic based intelligence seems to be the point of his statement Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #14

True, he also uses a guttural form of language shared among certain people. Rex Aug 2015 #18

This is not a word salad. It's a word bouillabaisse elias49 Aug 2015 #12

... Jamaal510 Aug 2015 #13

I heard he hired a former Palin adviser. Motown_Johnny Aug 2015 #15

Can't diagram it, but here is an explanation, of sorts: Contrary1 Aug 2015 #16

That man is a raving megalomaniac davekriss Aug 2015 #17

Trump couldn't talk to his plumber about unclogging his toilet without interrupting himself aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2015 #19