President Barack Obama<\/p>\n
The White House<\/p>\n
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW<\/p>\n
Washington, DC 20500<\/p>\n
Dear President Obama,<\/p>\n
I am a concerned citizen interested to bring to your attention the public outrage about your frequent use of English in a non standard way. Kory Stamper points to your use of comparatives, where by you said, \u201cmadder\u201d instead of \u201cmore mad.\u201d Patricia O\u2019Conner and Stewart Kellerman point to your use of pronouns, where by most people criticize you for using \u201cI\u201d instead of \u201cme\u201d. For instance, you said, \u201ca very personal decision for Michelle and \u201cI\u201d and \u201cthe main disagreement with john and I.\u201d Finally Michael Dowling point to your use of gerunds and participle. For instance, you said, “These goals can be achieved without us increasing troop levels\u201d instead of \u201c…without our increasing troop levels.” There are different reactions about the non-standard usage of language. Some people feel that the context in which you speak necessitates use of non standard words while some feel that it should not happen at all. <\/p>\n
Other that what the authors above have reported, there are other grammatical mistake that the public has consistently pointed out. First is subject verb agreement. For instance, William Bigelow quoted you saying \u201cWell, first of all, I do continue to believe that the greatest threat to United States security are the terrorist networks like al Qaeda \u2026\u201d instead of \u201cWell, first of all, I do continue to believe that the greatest threat to United States security is the terrorist networks like al Qaeda \u2026\u201d Second is your mix-up of words or wrong vocabulary. An example reported by an American blogger is \u201cThey were fulfilling a central tenant of democracy envisioned by our founders\u201d where you used \u201ctenant\u201d instead of \u201ctenet.\u201d Also Fan Oreilly noted your poor use of articles. For instance, your are reported saying \u201cwe are focused on a potential mission to a asteroid as a prelude to a manned mars flight.\u201d<\/p>\n
I agree with these critics that you do make grammatical mistakes. However, I do not agree with those who believe that the mistakes are an indication of you linguistic ability or intellect. Like I believe that you use of \u201cmadder\u201d instead of \u201cmore mad\u201d is for contextual purpose (register). I also believe that the use of I and me could be as confusing to anyone as it to you. For use of gerunds, I recommend Dowling\u2019s advice that \u201cgerunds ought to be preceded by possessive pronouns, not objective pronouns. <\/p>\n
Sincerely <\/p>\n
Citizen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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