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Uploaded by on Mar 17, 2008

Founding fathers and what they were.

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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.

  • 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!

  • Where does this leave "absolutely perfect"?

  • Leaves it off the Constitution! One thing is every day talk, another is the written word on a legal document.

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  • thanks

  • Robert Wuhl

  • who is this?

  • Perfect! Oh, should I say, mo' perfect!

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