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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I thought she locked the door and left the shovel on it to brace against the door (so it would stay shut even if the kid got it unlocked). Which totally creeped me out.
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That seems right. She said, "I locked him down there, with a shovel on the door." She misused the word "with," which should denote that the shovel was with the kid. What she meant to say was "and I used a shovel to block the door." The shovel was really "with" her, in a sense.
See, Coltrane, it just goes to show you where poor verbal skills can lead. A grammar timmy would never engage in such poor parenting.
