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On Grammar Police

The 6 y.o.: Tell Daddy I want some fried rice too!
The Mom: Sweetie, the word to use is ‘ask’. Princesses tell others what to do. Polite girls ask.
The 6 y.o.: But you’re always telling us that we are “Daughters of a King”. THAT makes me a princess.

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