• GenericJeebus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It should probably also be noted that the impetus for the accusation is a misquote of him in a video where he said he approves of common sense gun control legislation to ensure that “The weapons of war which I carried, in war is the only place they will be” he did say it a little fast so the publications quoting him dropped the very necessary comma in that sentence and claimed he was saying he carried them during a war, neglecting the fact that with the comma, it makes sense grammatically, and without the comma it doesn’t at all, which is a mistake I doubt a teacher would make, even if they were a social studies teacher and not an english one.

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      5 months ago

      The weapons of war which I carried, in war is the only place they will be.

      “Weapons of war” there forms a dangling subject, and this sentence does not make grammatical sense after all.