A "more perfect union"
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thanks
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Robert Wuhl
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who is this?
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Perfect! Oh, should I say, mo' perfect!
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Wuhl's made a grammatical error. "A more perfect union" refers to an aspiration, a hope, that the union will become closer to being perfect than it currently is. "More" does not refer to "perfect", it refers to " perfect union." The reason that many people make this mistake nowadays is because the grammar has changed slightly since the time that was written.
JPStrikesBack 2 years ago
Makes sense. Not nearly as funny, though. But words and grammar does change over time. As does the spirit of the written word -meaning more or different for those involved than those reading centuries later... Think... Bible!
wearelemmings 2 years ago
Where does this leave "absolutely perfect"?
mustang6172 3 years ago
Leaves it off the Constitution! One thing is every day talk, another is the written word on a legal document.
wearelemmings 3 years ago