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Grammar Cop: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow?
Complaint: Failure to incorporate an apostrophe during the contraction of "that is", a misdemeanor; improper usage of the possessive "your" during the contraction of "you are", also a misdemeanor; failing to notice this; permanently affixing said errors to both sides of an article of clothing; exposing public to said errors by wearing said clothing in front of photographers while repeatedly seeking attention.
Defendant: Paris Hilton, shameless heiress and porn actress.
Report: Sighting submitted by Sandee, an alert member of the National Grammar Task Force.
Fine: Some of grandpa's money and banishment from the public eye for a period no less than forever.
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Comments
Correct grammar IS HOT!
Posted by: allena | January 13, 2005 1:50 PM
Forever is too short
Posted by: Harris Bloom | January 19, 2005 11:44 AM
"THAT IS HOT , YOU ARE NOT" is that correct answer?
Was it a "T-Shirt - Quiz" of Paris ? Did I win something ? . . . . By the way, famaous people in hollywood are strange...for example Paris Hilton with snowboard glasses in summer. pozdrawiam :)
Posted by: Piotrek | January 25, 2005 9:55 AM
Wrong! "That's Hot" and "You're Not"
[ I believe we established that, but thanks for the reinforcement. -B.]
Posted by: Wrong | May 3, 2005 4:29 PM
Thats Annoying!
Posted by: Lisa | May 4, 2005 2:05 AM
It really is discouraging that all her money and privilege couldn't buy her a decent education. Then again, maybe knowledge for its own sake has lost all value. After all, she is rich and (supposedly) beautiful. Would intelligence make her any happier or more successful?
Posted by: Carlos | May 4, 2005 10:39 PM
Get over yourself. She didn't make the shirt- lay off. I've seen dumber with others.
[ Yes, we've all seen dumber with others. Whatever that means. ]
Posted by: adrianna | May 23, 2005 4:08 PM
She may not have made the T-Shirt herself, but I rather suspect she went to the local cheapo T-Shirt print booth and handed them her illiterate design.
Posted by: The Happy Space Invader
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November 11, 2005 5:06 AM
Please let her wear it. As long as her T-shirt is speaking, she is not.
Posted by: Anthony | November 20, 2005 11:02 PM
Oh please. it's a t-shirt. I'm sure she knows how to spell those words correctly grammatically and stuff, but it's a t-shirt, there isn't exactly a ton of space on it for apostrophe's and other punctuation. Obviously, as someone else said with the money her family has she should have got a decent education. And, I'm sure she got an excellent one, she just doesn't care about grammar on her t-shirt. Most people really don't. Seriously, people need to get over picking at everything she does just for the sake of picking at everything she does. People have gotten to the point where their jealousy is so pathetically obvious that it actually sickens me. No offense, I'm sure most of you just really care a lot about people having good grammar on their t-shirts and it's nothing personal against Paris Hilton... but undoubtedly there is a lot of people out there that want everything she has so bad (good looks, money, and a talent to touch something and turn it to gold regardless of academic intelligence) that they have begun to take their jealousy overboard and act hateful towards her. Get a life. It's a t-shirt. And, if you're one of those people that is upset about the grammar on it then the shirt is kind of directed at you. You're evidently NOT HOT. And who cares if you're a genius, if you're ugly, people won't want to be around be, because most people like their eyes and don't want them to be burned out of their heads.
Posted by: Heather | April 13, 2007 10:39 PM
Fashion and grammar do not always go together. The apostrophe would look weird on the shoulder and the E would make it uneven looking. Coin phrases should be spoken I guess....who knows...who cares it's a damn t-shirt for fuck's sake.
[ "Coin phrases"? -B. ]
Posted by: I Pass | March 14, 2008 6:41 PM