There are no “laws” in the English language. If there were, then things that people do to it would be criminal.
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We all are grammar Nazis to some extent. My pet peeve is “near proximity:” a term that even journalists use. What other kind of proximity is there? If there is such a thing as far proximity, then I’d like to know what it is.
Now in 1929 when the first use of “trickle down” crashed the economy they could open the windows high up and jump out. Not for the 1978, 2008 and ? will fail again. We still are using though they renamed it “Reganomics” but it is still bad the economy and good for the few that actually do profit off of the scam.
Dtroutma almost 8 years ago
Figures can lie, and liars can figure, and truth can be painful?
Superfrog almost 8 years ago
I guess this is actually some sort of metaphor.
Bilan almost 8 years ago
Isn’t that graph backwards?
Varnes almost 8 years ago
Wiley, I wish I was still teaching English and writing…I’d use it….Very good sir….
Varnes almost 8 years ago
Huh, I guess he fell for for it…Fell for what? Come on, we all know a batch of Wiley Bears are smirking down below………..“Incoming!”
brain Les almost 8 years ago
maybe like Cliff did not Note the cliff?
keenanthelibrarian almost 8 years ago
I think he think he knows where he’s going.
sandpiper almost 8 years ago
Will that be the profile for mortgage banking in 2018? It was in 2008
ladykat Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Lies, damn lies, and statistics…
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 8 years ago
What isn’t “shown” is the first guy pushing the other guy on the edge off.
dflak almost 8 years ago
There are no “laws” in the English language. If there were, then things that people do to it would be criminal.
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We all are grammar Nazis to some extent. My pet peeve is “near proximity:” a term that even journalists use. What other kind of proximity is there? If there is such a thing as far proximity, then I’d like to know what it is.
Godfreydaniel almost 8 years ago
There was no need to push him. He just told him, “Keep going that way, and you’ll make yourself great again!”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Now in 1929 when the first use of “trickle down” crashed the economy they could open the windows high up and jump out. Not for the 1978, 2008 and ? will fail again. We still are using though they renamed it “Reganomics” but it is still bad the economy and good for the few that actually do profit off of the scam.
RAGs almost 8 years ago
Is this anything like "truthful hyperbole’?
Here's Waldo almost 8 years ago
Is that the Fiscal Cliff?