Those comments from the last entry were these:
"In other news, those same 3.6 Million viewers also voted for Obama the 2nd time."
"The mermaids voted for Mitt."
"HAHA Brian your an idiot like everybody else that voted for Obama"
"Seriously, a idiot that can not use you're and your correctly is calling someone else an idiot? Yeah, you are about Bush Speed. Full of BS."
"You should check your own grammar first. Some would say you're an idiot."
I am skipping one comment because it's just a correction.
"what does obama have to do with this ODIOT. this story of mermaids is FAKE!!"
"There be not such a thing as Obama and all dat. Obama be Mitt in black face. Da troof be out deere. " (I omitted a rude word.)
"the spelling at least, that*, the*, Truth*, there*"
"and of the 3.6 million viewers, republicans are the only ones that believed everything in the show was true"
If you were wondering the proper grammatical way to write them, this is it:
Corrections are in blue. Omitted and added words are highlighted and white. (Italicized and parenthetic words are my own comments.)
"In other news, those same 3.6 million viewers also voted for Obama the second time." (The corrections here are not so much improper as they are unconventional, and just a bit uncomfortable for me.)
"The mermaids voted for Mitt."
"HAHA, Brian, you're an idiot like everybody else who voted for Obama."
"Seriously, an idiot that cannot use 'you're' and 'your' correctly is calling someone else an idiot? Yeah, you are about Bush speed. Full of BS."
"You should check your own grammar first. Some would say you're an idiot."
"What does Obama have to do with this IDIOT? This story of mermaids is FAKE!!" (I realize that I may have been a bit critical of "ODIOT" before. I know that "o" and "i" are right next to each other. I just think people should take the time to check their spelling at least before they post something online.)
"There is no such a thing as Obama and all that. Obama is Mitt in black face. The truth is out there." (I omitted a rude word.) (While it makes no sense, I can't see any grammatical mistake with "in black face". While it should be said "with a black face" for an easier comprehension, grammatically, I think it's fine.) (There are many errors in "Da troof be out deere." that I am unable to put because a word can only be pointed out once with this system. For one, he means "there", as you can see above. Second, he is misspelling "deer". Third, Deere is an actual word. It's a brand name for tractors, I think, or some farming tool. If he did mean "deere", and I'm quite sure he didn't, then he should have capitalized the "d".)
"The spelling, at least: that*; the*; truth*; there*." (First, "truth" was not spelled incorrectly. However, there was no need for it to be capitalized in the middle of the sentence. Second, while I correct errors in entries by putting the star before the word, and yes, I do have errors in entries-I do not claim to be the Phonetics God, capable of no grammatical wrong-it's not wrong to put the star after the word. Third, I can't blame anyone for improper use, or lack thereof, of the semicolon [;]. The only reason I know how to use it is because Microsoft Word yells at me for it.)
"And of the 3.6 million viewers, Republicans are the only ones who believed that everything in the show was true."
Don't cite me on this. I myself still need some work on the proper usage of "who", "whom", and "that". But for those who love proper grammar like myself, these comments are just a bit more tolerable.
I'm not yelling at or blaming anyone for these errors, nor am I praising those who didn't make any errors. I just wanted to correct them, because if I didn't, it would've nagged at me all day.
Hey Katie! Just wanted to let you know he probably meant "in black face" because it's an actual term. Black face is a theater term referring to a style of stage makeup used mainly in the 19th century. It also has a very strong negative connotation since most of the white performers wearing black face would portray their African American characters in a very racist and rude way.
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