From a Web site:
"My answers is still the same as last year."
What do you get when you cross a typo with an incorrect comparison?
Hmmm.
This sentence!
Of course, the second word should be "answer"; the second mistake is just a comparison problem.
Consider this:
My shoes are the same as yours.
This sentence compares "shoes" to "yours" (meaning your shoes). Correct-a-mundo!
Now this: My answer is the same as last year.
This sentence compares "answer" to "last year." Oops. Let's fix-a-mundo:
My answer is the same as last year's.
Ah.
Hope you have a fun weekend burning off all the Halloween candy you ate.
P.S. What is a mundo, anyway!
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