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In my writing and rhetoric class, I was asked to submit a project under the theme of “The power of language” so I decided to collect different situations where the misuse of the language can cause embarrassment, ruin a brand image, break law, spread fear, or even get you out from a death sentence.

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    Even the drawing is kind of weird!

    The paper still got an A+ though

    Problem is that you can not edit your tweets.

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    Happiness*

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    J.K. trolling internet trolls

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    Watch out Google!

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    Well…

    George Frideric Handel.

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    Must have been a carnivore who wrote this.

    This one is ironic.

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    Someone told them that there was a mistake with the sign.

    Wait.. what?

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    Not sure if they actually meant to write it this way.

    It’s partially true.

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    Good to know.

    This why ‘Google translate’ it will never be a word.

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    I am sure they meant ‘exiting’

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    The text on the bag reads: “This text has no other purpose than to terrify those who are afraid of the Arabic language.

    The billboard reads: “Donald Trump can’t read this, but he is scared of it.”

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    Like a boss.

    The king wrote a letter that reads: “Impossible to release him. To be sent to jail and sentenced to death.” When the messenger received the letter he changed only the punctuation while keeping the exact same words which resulted in “Release him. It is impossible to be sent to jail and sentenced to death”. I know it is a hypothetical scenario but you get the point.