Wait a minute – does Kelley expect the rule about the verb to be not taking a direct object to apply in that sentence? “It wasn’t I?” Who talks like that? Does he? As a matter of fact, Tom Shales just wrote a column this week talking about how effective Obama is in speaking because he can use a 50-cent word in one sentence and be completely idiomatic in the next.
And he obviously doesn’t use a teleprompter when he’s answering questions at a press conference. Come on, dittoheads – you’ve got to come up with something that at least comes close to making sense.
Wait a minute – does Kelley expect the rule about the verb to be not taking a direct object to apply in that sentence? “It wasn’t I?” Who talks like that? Does he? As a matter of fact, Tom Shales just wrote a column this week talking about how effective Obama is in speaking because he can use a 50-cent word in one sentence and be completely idiomatic in the next.
And he obviously doesn’t use a teleprompter when he’s answering questions at a press conference. Come on, dittoheads – you’ve got to come up with something that at least comes close to making sense.