Comments on: Donald Trump Pulls a Palin While Unveiling His Child Labor ‘Apprenti’

By: Jaybee48

Jaybee48 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:03:37 +0000

See, even I made an error: I stated that he said he had visited 47 states, when he said 57 (though he obviously meant to say 47.
You can see it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E...

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By: Jaybee48

Jaybee48 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:58:59 +0000

I am an Obama supporter but have to inform you that you are wrong. He did make an error by saying 57 instead of 47 and was clearly referring to states. He was speaking in Oregon during the 2008 campaign and said that he had visited 47 and had 1 to go. Alaska and Hawaii had been excluded because his staff couldn’t justify them. That would, in fact, meant that there are 60 states!
Clearly a mis-statement – nobody, not even the most rabid right-wingers, could really believe that Obama thought that there are 60 states, especially since he had visited nearly all of them – something 99.9% of US citizens have not done.

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By: Jaybee48

Jaybee48 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:37:13 +0000

In using “apprenti” as the plural of “apprentice” Trump was clearly indulging in hypercorrection, defined as “a non-standard usage that results from the over-application of a perceived rule of grammar or a usage prescription. A speaker or writer who produces a hypercorrection generally believes that the form is correct through misunderstanding of these rules, often combined with a desire to seem formal or educated”.

As one might say:
“Trump is attempting to make the candidates into accompli, or apprenti, in this latest addition to the string of devi he has used to keep himself in the limelight and which, under his auspi, has rendered disservi and injusti to the process of those running for offi of state”.

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By: Reynardine

Reynardine — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:50:59 +0000

Oh, simply by comparison with some people.

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By: Reynardine

Reynardine — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:48:34 +0000

Well, no, I am simply a former denizen of South Florida, and therefore personally acquainted with representative examples of both (though the birds, regrettably, are becoming quite rare even as the others grow sickeningly common)

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