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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt is so easy to figure out when trump* is 'off script'
Here is a perfect example.
At his "rally" yesterday, trump* said "You look at whats happening last night in Sweden." That sentence, in and of itself, makes absolutely no sense. Happening is the present tense. If it is happening, it is going on contemporaneously with what is being said. If it occurred last night, it isn't "happening". It has 'happened'.
If I am wrong, he needs to hire some literate speech writers. If I am right, trump* is an idiot.
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It is so easy to figure out when trump* is 'off script' (Original Post)
Siwsan
Feb 2017
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,783 posts)1. That, and the fact that nothing happened in Sweden.
Siwsan
(26,281 posts)2. Well, yes, there is that
louis-t
(23,296 posts)3. His guys probably chickened out.
You know, the guys he paid to cause a ruckus in Stockholm?
womanofthehills
(8,731 posts)4. That was a good catch
Paying attention to what tense he is using is a good idea.