Yeah … that’s not a compliment.
This afternoon, the White House pimped a new video starring celebrities who haven’t signed up for Obamacare telling us to sign up for Obamacare. Unfortunately, they forgot to run their tweet by the Grammar Fairy first:
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/447108765129916416
D’oh.
.@WhiteHouse @mradamscott It'd be great if the people who insist upon lecturing us would learn the difference between "tenant" and "tenet."
— RC (@Pedlar7) March 21, 2014
Wouldn’t it, though?
.@redsteeze @WhiteHouse @mradamscott
"Tenant," they typed.
— Tim Shutters (@TimShutters) March 21, 2014
Tenet. MT @WhiteHouse: "No one is invincible, so having health insurance is…a basic tenant of being a human." —@MrAdamScott
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/SalenaZitoTrib/status/447111125285736448
Common Core at work RT @redsteeze: Did you mean to say "tenet @mradamscott https://t.co/8FgdB5ZGOM
— Calvin Hdz (@C_H813) March 21, 2014
Hey @WhiteHouse https://t.co/oWI3QrX5aD
Tenet – a principal or belief
Tenant- a person who rents or occupies property of a landlord— Chelle (@FL_Chelle) March 21, 2014
tenant? RT @WhiteHouse: "No one is invincible, so having health insurance is…a basic tenant of being a human."
— Aaron (@Hawkstrat) March 21, 2014
@WhiteHouse @mradamscott T-E-N-E-T. Learn the correct word, get a proofreader and have some pride.
— Hermano Pistolero (@HrmnoPstlro) March 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/katyabram/status/447117907001360384
https://twitter.com/amylutz4/status/447110255562874880
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@WhiteHouse @mradamscott I think you mean "tenet" not "tenant."
— Gary (@Bartholomew1154) March 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/JohnG405/status/447110746510348288
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/447110875191996416
But maybe in this particular case, “tenant” kinda sorta makes a little sense:
@amylutz4 @WhiteHouse @mradamscott Tenant of being a human, sounds like a parasite to me.
— A Meh Gal ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@GallSueJoe) March 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/447109963757158400
So there’s that. Oh, and did we mention that nobody’s buying what the White House is selling?
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/447109268626739200
.@Tark31 @redsteeze @WhiteHouse @mradamscott
I think he might be pajama boy?
— Tim Shutters (@TimShutters) March 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/447110051279675392
@WhiteHouse @mradamscott Tell me what you paid for your Obamacare plan or shut up.
— Julie (@JulieLvsPACKERS) March 21, 2014
@WhiteHouse @mradamscott No, it's not. And no, it's not.
— NancyBellicec (@Nancy_Bellicec) March 21, 2014