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In reply to the discussion: This recent photo of Trump reminded me [View all]Dem2theMax
(9,595 posts)21. Amazing likeness!
One could almost swear he posed for it.
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No. "Boxers" in that sentence is a plural, but the apostrophe wrongly makes it a possessive; hence
tblue37
Mar 2020
#18
Yes. I understand the general rule for plurals and possessives. However, often with names
coti
Mar 2020
#19
Doesn't apply. The Boxers we become are all somewhat different and separate.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#24
No, there is only one Boxer character. "Boxers" would imply more than one separate entity
coti
Mar 2020
#36
The only possessive I can think of that drops the apostrophe is "its". . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#25
He evokes images of toads and Jabba the Hut even more than pigs, in my mind
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#28
In a lot of recent photos in a meeting trumps was folding his arms across his chest.
dixiegrrrrl
Mar 2020
#6
Holding his left to avoid knocking the guy is polite. Holding both is defensive. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#30
That's a great representation. His "inner" self is coming through loud & clear.
Judi Lynn
Mar 2020
#13
I noticed in another photo of him earlier how the confabulations are wearing him out
lambchopp59
Mar 2020
#23
I always thought of trump's "presidency" as more like Animal Farm than 1984.
Sugar Smack
Mar 2020
#33