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𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐒𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄'𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐄 . . .𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒. . . 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀!
by Rene Torres “The decade that changed America.” The roaring twenties arrived in Brownsville with a splash! As it rolled out the “Charlie...
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Dr. Lorenzo Pelly M.D., Lic. No. G2453, Brownsville On August 20, 2021. The Board and Lorenzo Pelly, M.D., 2012 Valley Baptist Physician ... -
Fired RGV Sector Border Patrol Chief Gloria Chavez, pictures from social events with Uni-Trade CEO Eduardo Garza and Tequila maker Francisco... -
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photos courtesy of Jerry Danache Driving toward Mexico Boulevard at about 12:50 PM on New Years Day , it occurred to me that the Eddie Garci...
The idea is certainly a good one, but the grammar is typical border gobbledygook. That second sentence (Featuring....) is an incomplete sentence. Makes people involved with this noble project look like retards.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, Merovingian. You've apparently learned what most of us learn in the third grade; that a sentence generally is made up of a subject, verb and predicate. As you gain experience, exposure and get out into the real world, you will see that grammar school rules do not always apply.
ReplyDeleteGilbert Velasquez, the graphics artist who created this ad understands proper grammar and sentence structure.
Jim
I disagree with you, Jim. An educated person is a person of standing in any community, someone especially able to overcome the laziness of morphing words into nonsense. My feeling is that a "poster" aimed at the public should stay true to the language it represents. But, as you know, making allowances for everything under the sun is our town's badge. Having a linguistic standard is more than simply using the proper word, sentence, punctuation and spelling. I would say that about local use of Spanish, as well. It's true that communication can take a variety of routes from the communicator to the recipient. But to cede ground to the uneducated is to lower yourself. There are many educated residents in Brownsville, but you'd never know it by the language they use in public. Why reward it by cavalierly saying "grammar school rules do not apply." You, you who wish electoral rules applied at all levels, applied vigorously should know better! What are you after - a well-elected gang of suited idiots wouldn't be able to tell you the difference between a split end a split infinitive? It is that low bar you endorse that keeps everyone down, that fuels the belief that Brownsville is a refuge for the mentally impaired. Mr. Velasquez should be ashamed of himself (if it is as you say; that he knows better).
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