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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Racist, plural or singular?

0Hello , I posted this on a 00forum00 and was accused of making racist remarks.02br
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00"01i00Obama under Secreet Service protection."02i00<--- Topic title02br
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01i00What took the racist so long to raise the level of hate and threat to the level that the Secret Service had to step in? Maybe we are wearing them out?02i00 05000<-- body of post02br
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00OK, the forum members say that since I used racist (singular) instead of racists (plural) they thought I was calling Obama a racist. Does anyone here agree and can you help me straighten this out, I am not a racist.030srchttp://priuschat.com/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif
  

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12blockquote 10Yes, that makes sense. I suppose they might easily have misinterpreted your statement on the basis of your having omitted the 's' on the word 'racists'. 02br 02br 00 CJ0-

— CalifJim

  • 12blockquote 10Yes, that makes sense.
  • I suppose they might easily have misinterpreted your statement on the basis of your having omitted the 's' on the word 'racists'.
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00the forum members say that since I used racist (singular) instead of racists (plural) they thought I was calling Obama a racist.12blockquote
10Yes, that makes sense. I suppose they might easily have misinterpreted your statement on the basis of your having omitted the 's' on the word 'racists'. Just tell them you didn't mean Obama;
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Racist is singular - points to Obama

Racists is plural - meaning many - would not have referred to Obama - but a collective group of people.

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