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Smarmie Doofus

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9. Maybe that's wrong. It's been a while:

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #7)

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 12:06 PM

Aug 2015

"You-understood" is the subject.

"Look" MAY be the predicate.

In other words: "You listen!".... an "imperative sentence."

But once ya get past that you have a thicket of fragments, dependent clauses, parentheticals ( w/o parentheses, natch) and basically no applicable punctuation.... even allowing for the verbal presentation.

Point is: does anyone really know what he's saying?

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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

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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

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