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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

When you assume.....

Hello there,

What it mean:

"When you assume, you make an A S S out of U and ME."

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Ba Java
  

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Ugh. This old thing. The word is spelled assume - broken down into a-s-s then u then m-e If you make assumptions about things (but don't actually check them) you risk making as "a-s-s" out of yourself (making yourself look foolish).

  • Ugh.
  • This old thing.
  • The word is spelled assume - broken down into a-s-s then u then m-e If you make assumptions about things (but don't actually check them) you risk making as "a-s-s" out of yourself (making yourself look foolish).
  • And you might make me look foolish too.
  • My response when hearing this is to roll my eyes.
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Ugh. This old thing.

The word is spelled assume - broken down into a-s-s then u then m-e

If you make assumptions about things (but don't actually check them) you risk making as "a-s-s" out of yourself (making yourself look foolish). And you might make me look foolish too.

My response when hearing this is to roll my eyes. Use it as a way to remember how to spell the wor

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