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Raen Posted 18 years ago
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"I don't give a rat's about.."
0 Could somebody explain the grammar of this sentence? Compared to this common expression: 02 br
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0 Hi, 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 Could somebody explain the grammar of this sentence? " 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 Is "rat's" possessive? Is so, I can't seem to make sense of it.
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0 Hi, 02 br
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01 font 00 Could somebody explain the grammar of this sentence? Compared to this common expression: 02 font 02 br
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0 Thank you Clive for your prompt reply..............I think it only took less than 2 minutes. Thanks. 02 br
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00 You couldn't have explained it better, now I've got it. Thanks again. (two thumbs up here. Is there away to insert figurative expressions, mine doesn't seem to work) 02 br
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00 You couldn't have explained it better, now I've got it. Thanks again. (two thumbs up here. Is there away to insert figurative expressions, mine doesn't seem to work) 02 br
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0 I've been known to say "I don't give a flying fish" which substitutes "fish" for a FAR more vulgar word than "rat's ***." 0-
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0 Grammar Geek. I haven't heard of this expression. 02 br
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00 But I'm guessing the FAR more vulgur word is a 4-letter word and it starts with "f"? 02 br
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00 But I'm guessing the FAR more vulgur word is a 4-letter word and it starts with "f"? 02 br
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0 Shortly after reading this thread, I came across the following in the May 19 01 i 00 Newsweek 02 i 00 magazine: 02 br
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01 cite 10 khoff 12 cite 10 ". . . party officials in the other 48 states don't give a rat's patootie about seating Florida and Michigan." 12 blockquote10 Fine. Let them be that way. As someone who was born in Michigan and has lived in Florida, I hope they lose their own patooties in November then, the fishing patootie hole
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