6 replies on “If you can’t beat ’em, challenge ’em”
The grammar nazi in me forces me to point out that “it’s” is probably not the word to use in that sentence.
See, I was taught in school that when something posesses something else, you use “it’s.” If you would say “GOP’s” then you should say “it’s.” But everyone else seems to disagree.
You may find the beginning of this episode of StrongBad to be very helpful and informative for your grammatical needs. IIRC, the East Egg has some more grammar tips…
Speaking about the article, Republicans have been doing a lot to ban Democrat-voting groups from getting to the polls. Jeb Bush in Florida was the first governer of that state to push for huge enforcement of a law that bans ex-felons from voting. Not only is that unconstitutional, but the law was originally intended to keep balcks from voting after the end of the civil-war. How disgusting!
There have been numerous threats saying that people would be arrested if they were behind on their rent and tried to vote, if they had a warrant out for their arrest, or if they just looked funny. I think it might be time for foreign observers for our elections. If this crap happened in some other country, we’d comment on how crappy a democracy they have.
We need to move beyond where we are to something better.
The grammar nazi in me forces me to point out that “it’s” is probably not the word to use in that sentence.
See, I was taught in school that when something posesses something else, you use “it’s.” If you would say “GOP’s” then you should say “it’s.” But everyone else seems to disagree.
Damned liberal California educators.
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/WritingGuide/13posspl.htm has a fairly good explanation of this – not that I think you aren’t aware of this, but just to give some “official” corroboration to the idea.
Fine. Changed.
You may find the beginning of this episode of StrongBad to be very helpful and informative for your grammatical needs. IIRC, the East Egg has some more grammar tips…
Speaking about the article, Republicans have been doing a lot to ban Democrat-voting groups from getting to the polls. Jeb Bush in Florida was the first governer of that state to push for huge enforcement of a law that bans ex-felons from voting. Not only is that unconstitutional, but the law was originally intended to keep balcks from voting after the end of the civil-war. How disgusting!
There have been numerous threats saying that people would be arrested if they were behind on their rent and tried to vote, if they had a warrant out for their arrest, or if they just looked funny. I think it might be time for foreign observers for our elections. If this crap happened in some other country, we’d comment on how crappy a democracy they have.
We need to move beyond where we are to something better.