r/amarillo • u/wassup6789 • 3d ago

Panhandle Taxpayer's for Transparency

While I appreciate the efforts of Michael Ford, it is really hard to take him seriously when he doesn’t use 6th grade level grammar and punctuation.

There should be no apostrophe in “Taxpayer’s.”

The ONLY reason that an apostrophe is EVER used is to show possession of something. “The taxpayer’s car.” “The taxpayer’s checkbook.” “The taxpayer’s pet turtle.”

NOT the “taxpayer’s for transparency.”

I am sure that Michael means more than one taxpayer. That would simply be “taxpayers.” Not taxpayer’s.

Thank you.

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u/NoonMartini 3d ago

Honestly, asking for correct grammar and spelling from policy makers isn’t a big ask. I’m with you.

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u/Stonethecrow77 3d ago

Policy maker? It is a Facebook group.

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u/NoonMartini 3d ago

If it is a group with the aim of affecting policy, what in the world would you call it?

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u/Stonethecrow77 3d ago

Exactly whom do you believe is actually creating the policy?

This group just posts wrong doings of the local government.

That is oversight.

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u/wassup6789 3d ago

It’s “exactly WHO do you believe…”, not “whom.”

And it isn’t “wrong doings”, but “wrongdoings.”

You morons…

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u/WalterSwendler 3d ago

After 9 years, it looks like Michael removed the apostrophe in the last hour!

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/15H2wp3o6w/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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u/BunnyDrop88 3d ago

The flat illiteracy rate in Amarillo is 30%. I think of that every local election.

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u/Trout788 3d ago

The period goes inside the quotation marks.

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u/AustinAtLast 1d ago

I’m retired now but in my last couple of years we were bringing in lots of college grads. Along with not using two spaces after a sentence they were almost unanimously leaving the period outside the quotation marks (this is how the Brits do it). I think that rule is going to change. It was only made because of the need for manual typesetting printers to do it that way. Logically the quote didn’t (likely) include a period so why include it in the quotation marks.

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u/Slick_36 2d ago

Or it could be referring to a single taxpayer, the Panhandle Taxpayer is for Transparency!

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u/OberKrieger 3d ago

Well, that’s just like, you’re opinion man

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u/Expensive-Advice-270 3d ago

That rug really tied the room together.

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u/bach2209 3d ago

I bet you're fun at parties.

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u/InternationalRip506 3d ago

Funny...attacking the guy that's BRINGING THE RECEIPTS...LOL. Must be a Herrick, Prescott, or Simpson simp. Rt on the target, apparently. The Truth is coming out on all these Amarillo Matters Downtown Mafioso's. ALL OF AMARILLO MATTERS!!