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Post #434,783 by pwhysall 6/25/20 1:08:29 PM 6/25/20 1:08:29 PM Reply	Re: Not at all. Your own use of English is far from fault-free, so I would counsel that whilst within the confines of the glass house, you'd be wise to put the stones down.
Post #434,791 by mmoffitt 6/25/20 2:14:34 PM 6/25/20 2:14:34 PM Reply	Am I a prosecutor or running for high office? No. AND for all my mistyping and occasional grammatical errors, I have NEVER confused "imply" and "infer". That is jarring. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #434,796 by drook 6/25/20 2:43:03 PM 6/25/20 2:43:03 PM Reply	Ahem Look up a bit and see if you noticed. -- Drew
Post #434,797 by mmoffitt 6/25/20 2:57:11 PM 6/25/20 2:57:11 PM Reply	I took that as a joke. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #434,811 by rcareaga 6/25/20 6:11:26 PM 6/25/20 6:11:26 PM Reply	Correctly.
Post #434,802 by pwhysall 6/25/20 3:55:56 PM 6/25/20 3:55:56 PM Reply	It's not. It's a slip of the tongue. This is a very small, shitty hill upon which to die.
Post #434,827 by mmoffitt 6/26/20 12:00:01 PM 6/26/20 12:00:01 PM Reply	I'm not trying to convince anyone. I've already conceded it won't have any impact on how I vote. It's just jarring and more than a little disappointing. Worse, I haven't even seen it pointed out by anyone. Language dies in darkness. bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #434,828 by malraux 6/26/20 12:06:48 PM 6/26/20 12:06:48 PM Reply	The word has been used that way for 400 years Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #434,835 by Ashton 6/26/20 5:27:46 PM 6/26/20 5:27:46 PM Reply	As has a certain song, "I Wish I Was in Dixie, Hurrah! Hurrah!", er ;^> ..It ain't just La Donna ẻt Mobile ..when whole tribes re-wash their brainz with any /old new Slogan which goes-all-viral. [or a new-Autocrat, lives out-out a personal C-grade soap-opera, via bull-horn]. Cuth: don't leave Lock-down without it [!] ..as my Mater might have opined.
Post #434,841 by a6l6e6x 6/26/20 10:44:39 PM 6/26/20 10:44:39 PM Reply	So, you did not sense that she had second thoughts after she said it? Did you see the video with sound or just read her words? Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov

Time for the Veepstakes! - (malraux) - (55) - June 23, 2020, 09:50:31 AM EDT

if Joe coughs out, who has the chops for a second term win should be the answer -NT - (boxley) - June 23, 2020, 12:28:56 PM EDT

Simplest take, then.. - (Ashton) - (1) - June 23, 2020, 09:14:25 PM EDT

At this point only one thing matters - (drook) - June 23, 2020, 09:56:05 PM EDT

Watching Kamala Harris during the Kavanaugh confirmation clinched it for me. - (a6l6e6x) - (48) - June 23, 2020, 11:06:30 PM EDT

It's essential to energise the youth vote - (pwhysall) - (3) - June 24, 2020, 02:13:43 AM EDT

Unarguable that.. a Sqreaker all the --> way to ... the last hours.{sob} -NT - (Ashton) - June 24, 2020, 05:13:12 PM EDT

Rachel Bitecofer says things are so polarized in the USA now that... - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 25, 2020, 12:13:14 AM EDT

The numbers don't lie - (drook) - June 25, 2020, 12:15:32 AM EDT

I like Kamala too, but... - (Another Scott) - (5) - June 25, 2020, 12:20:20 AM EDT

But who's better? - (pwhysall) - (3) - June 25, 2020, 04:53:37 AM EDT

dick_nixon likes Warren. - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 25, 2020, 10:15:44 AM EDT

Re: dick_nixon likes Warren. - (pwhysall) - June 25, 2020, 12:24:34 PM EDT

I like bottoms - (boxley) - June 25, 2020, 01:13:00 PM EDT

She's certainly a lightweight when it comes to the English language (see below) -NT - (mmoffitt) - June 25, 2020, 08:30:35 AM EDT

There was one thing about her questioning I found profoundly troubling. - (mmoffitt) - (37) - June 25, 2020, 08:29:36 AM EDT

My God! That's the most disturbing thing I've ever heard! -NT - (drook) - (17) - June 25, 2020, 09:00:20 AM EDT

I KNOW!!1 -NT - (Another Scott) - (16) - June 25, 2020, 10:16:21 AM EDT

If we've learned nothing from Covid, we should have learned that incompetence kills. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (15) - June 25, 2020, 11:28:27 AM EDT

Your standard for incompetent is ... not useful? Yeah, not useful. -NT - (drook) - (14) - June 25, 2020, 11:31:09 AM EDT

Are you really that thick? Or are you just playing. - (mmoffitt) - (13) - June 25, 2020, 11:36:20 AM EDT

Yes, words matter ... but *those* words are the ones you're hung up on? -NT - (drook) - (12) - June 25, 2020, 12:32:17 PM EDT

As I said in the preamble, my father was an English teacher. - (mmoffitt) - (11) - June 25, 2020, 02:29:00 PM EDT

That's a great endorsement - (drook) - June 25, 2020, 02:42:09 PM EDT

You're an odd duck, Mike. - (malraux) - (9) - June 25, 2020, 03:15:32 PM EDT

Merriam-Webster recently admitted that: Yes, they Do make MIstreaks (too) - (Ashton) - (8) - June 25, 2020, 04:42:20 PM EDT

Infer can be used active - (drook) - (5) - June 25, 2020, 04:47:53 PM EDT

Sorry, but.. [edited] - (Ashton) - (4) - June 25, 2020, 05:12:48 PM EDT

One of us doesn't know what "passive voice" means - (drook) - (3) - June 25, 2020, 08:32:00 PM EDT

Mc Sweeneys.. unimaginable a few decades past.. - (Ashton) - (2) - June 25, 2020, 11:09:10 PM EDT

I think you're saying ... you liked it? :-) - (drook) - (1) - June 25, 2020, 11:40:40 PM EDT

That line is indeed, Boffo :-0 - (Ashton) - June 26, 2020, 12:48:04 AM EDT

Addressed here: - (malraux) - (1) - June 25, 2020, 06:57:04 PM EDT

Well Done! (I'll nearly-always bow to successfully pellucid argumentation :-) - (Ashton) - June 25, 2020, 08:17:21 PM EDT

Am I to imply from your comment - (rcareaga) - (14) - June 25, 2020, 10:59:16 AM EDT

Not at all. - (mmoffitt) - (12) - June 25, 2020, 11:27:53 AM EDT

Whoosh -NT - (drook) - June 25, 2020, 11:31:58 AM EDT

Re: Not at all. - (pwhysall) - (9) - June 25, 2020, 01:08:29 PM EDT

Am I a prosecutor or running for high office? No. - (mmoffitt) - (8) - June 25, 2020, 02:14:34 PM EDT

Ahem - (drook) - (2) - June 25, 2020, 02:43:03 PM EDT

I took that as a joke. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 25, 2020, 02:57:11 PM EDT

Correctly. -NT - (rcareaga) - June 25, 2020, 06:11:26 PM EDT

It's not. It's a slip of the tongue. - (pwhysall) - (4) - June 25, 2020, 03:55:56 PM EDT

I'm not trying to convince anyone. - (mmoffitt) - (3) - June 26, 2020, 12:00:01 PM EDT

The word has been used that way for 400 years -NT - (malraux) - (1) - June 26, 2020, 12:06:48 PM EDT

As has a certain song, "I Wish I Was in Dixie, Hurrah! Hurrah!", er ;^> - (Ashton) - June 26, 2020, 05:27:46 PM EDT

So, you did not sense that she had second thoughts after she said it? - (a6l6e6x) - June 26, 2020, 10:44:39 PM EDT

You're trolling us, aren't you? Well done. -NT - (Another Scott) - June 25, 2020, 04:52:02 PM EDT

I see what you did there. -NT - (Ashton) - June 25, 2020, 05:15:57 PM EDT

Oh, ffs. - (pwhysall) - (2) - June 25, 2020, 12:25:16 PM EDT

politically prosecuting unwinnable cases to get elected is a little worse -NT - (boxley) - (1) - June 25, 2020, 01:14:58 PM EDT

..now that was Cute truthiness :-) ..try to Go-->there ... more often(?) -NT - (Ashton) - June 27, 2020, 02:58:59 PM EDT

(Always a pleasure) to acknowledge a cohort ..in One's Outlier-Club, oft despised by masses :-) - (Ashton) - June 25, 2020, 04:21:07 PM EDT

for Susan Rice - (lincoln) - (2) - June 25, 2020, 01:33:39 PM EDT

Quite a good Atta-girl! pitch (mayhap 'She' needs to be darker hued..?) considering The Times. -NT - (Ashton) - June 25, 2020, 04:50:48 PM EDT

She's more than qualified. - (a6l6e6x) - June 25, 2020, 11:23:20 PM EDT

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