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Was waiting for them to talk about Trump's perfect phone call.
2021-01-06 00:41:27 +0000 UTC2 points: 1) Past convictions for marijuana possession will not, as a general rule, negatively impact one's acquiring a security clearance. Failing to disclose absolutely will. What they care about regarding security clearances are whether or not you're trustworthy and whether or not you can be blackmailed. A history of harder drugs, smuggling, or selling drugs may be disqualifying. But even then, if it was small-time dealing and definitely in the past, that might fly. 2) Both "pleaded" and "pled" are acceptable uses, and there is no distinction between them. The bit about one being for plural subjects and one for singular ones is bogus—there is no evidence for any distinction in usage along this line. Even the grammar curmudgeon Bryan Garner thinks both forms are fine. "Pleaded" is the more traditional choice, one that no one objects to. Some grammar peevers object to "pled," mainly because someone told them that it was wrong, and it gives them an opportunity to be assholes and lord it over people they think don't speak English right. "Pled" is the older past and past participle form, but in the 16th century, "pleaded" began to replace it in British usage. (It's common for the regular -ed forms of verbs to replace the irregular forms with vowel changes.) "Pled" remained in use in Scotland, and Scottish immigrants brought it to North America, where it became firmly established alongside "pleaded."
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2021-01-05 02:20:04 +0000 UTC
