Tuesday 26 July 2011

Glen Beck and what was really said.

“As the thing started to unfold and there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth. Who does a camp for kids that’s all about politics? Disturbing.”

Lets read what was said here. With a little understanding about the English Language we might be able to understand what he said. For a little more understanding you might want to try this http://esl.fis.edu/learners/advice/syntax.htm

Now lets begin.

We have "As the thing started to unfold and there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth" Which has a comma located after the words "political camp", he then moves on to say "which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth." Now generally when one uses a comma, the section of the sentence after the comma is explaining/commenting upon the last subject used before the comma, in this case the subject would be  the words "political camp".

Now I have seen all sorts of compared the victims to hitler youth, but when looking at what was said, this is wildly incorrect. As one can see, with a little basic understanding of the English language, he was talking about the "political camp idea, and not the subject attending the camp.

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