Be Mr President
Listen to this. No, no, no. Read:
"I am president of the Republic of Uganda, Commander in chief of the armed forces. I have powers to drop anyone. So those who do bad, we shall discipline them or fight them". (quoted by The Monitor newspaper, Dec 16, 2004).
My initial interest was the segue from a first person singular to a first person plural in the same breath. Who are the "we"? I always thought a personal pronoun should refer clearly to an antecedent. Not always. So, that is why i would like to be president too!
After a second or so, i got scared by the words "fight them". No offense - just kidding.
Anyway, if i was Mr President, i would avoid escapism and would have said: "...So those who do bad, i shall discipline them or fight them". Or even: "...So those who do bad, me myself, i shall discipline them or fight them". Ahem!
"I am president of the Republic of Uganda, Commander in chief of the armed forces. I have powers to drop anyone. So those who do bad, we shall discipline them or fight them". (quoted by The Monitor newspaper, Dec 16, 2004).
My initial interest was the segue from a first person singular to a first person plural in the same breath. Who are the "we"? I always thought a personal pronoun should refer clearly to an antecedent. Not always. So, that is why i would like to be president too!
After a second or so, i got scared by the words "fight them". No offense - just kidding.
Anyway, if i was Mr President, i would avoid escapism and would have said: "...So those who do bad, i shall discipline them or fight them". Or even: "...So those who do bad, me myself, i shall discipline them or fight them". Ahem!
posted by Frank Mubiru | 11:06 AM
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