We'll miss you, George!

Did you know that George Bush was very generous? Well, he was in the sense that during his presidency, he provided us with lots of samples of incorrect and nonsensical use of the language. He's gone but luckily he has left a vast legacy of speeches full of mistakes for us to spot. Let's try!

"One thing is clear, is relations between America and Russia are good, and they're important that they be good."
“I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it."

"This has been tough weeks in that country."

"The federal government and the state government must welcome those faith-based programmes for the embetterment of mankind.”

Grammar jargon

We have to admit that grammarians' terminology is very creative. Some words are quite obvious and easy to recognize, like "negator" or "hesitator" but some others look a bit pompous, like "empty carrier as marker of the infinitive"!!!
My favourite one is "dummy element". What specific word has called your attention when studying grammar? Post your favourite so as to have a ranking, something like the "grammar jargon top ten".

Grammar puzzles

Here's a challenge for you. Punctuate the following so that it makes sense. Then, identify subordinate clauses:
1- I think that that that that the student has written is wrong.
2- I think that the fish and and chips are too apart on this sign.
3- Peter where Mary had had had had had had had had had had the teacher's approval (cue: there are two sentences here)
Come on! Use your loaf! (for the meaning of this expression, ask sb who speaks cockney!)