• spujbEnglish
    111·
    3 months ago

    grammatical animacy (“it” vs “they”) aside, its not as easy to get it/it’s right as some commenters suggest. the authors of the constitution got it wrong too. the error has it’s own few decades of historical precedent. 🙃

    No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

      • spujbEnglish
        53·
        3 months ago

        turns out codifying one single spelling for an incredibly diverse language and forcing all of its speakers to stick to it was slightly more difficult than founding a new genre of government

        (edit this was meant to be a funny silly little comment not biting satire so you all can stop dogpiling me now you make this website miserable)

          • spujbEnglish
            33·
            3 months ago

            “Democracy did not start in the US.”

            hello you are literally shoving words in my mouth. i said i like pancakes and you said “oh so you hate waffles?” stop it.

            i never said democracy started in the US. the US was the first country to adopt a federal constitutional republic, thank you very much. 😪😪😪

      • spujbEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        i have edited my first sentence to clarify your misunderstanding 👍