Radio, someone still loves you...

This morning I was listening to Maxwell on WNCX. He was talking about how a girl got suspended from school for wearing a shirt with "foul" language written on it. The shirt reads: "Jesus scares the Hell out of you." I guess in some obscure, metaphoric way it makes sense. Because the shirt had the word "Hell" on it it was deemed offensive. The girl was ordered home to change it. She did not and was suspended for it. She believes that the shirt is a representation of her religious beliefs and that she should be able to wear it if she wants. Her parents backed her up on this issue and I'm fairly certain a lot of other Christians did too. Everyone had an opinion on why it was offensive or not offensive but no one took a direct grammatical approach to why it's wrong. This is where I come in...

Jesus scares the Hell out of you.

Every word in a sentence has a purpose. Whether it be a noun, verb, adjective, pronoun, etc...What caught me was that there is a word in the sentence that does not belong. It takes the sentence from being absurd to grammatically correct. Figure it out yet? It's the article in the sentence. Yes, the word "the" is an extra word that does not belong. I will explain. There are 2 articles in the English language, "A" and "The" and the other form of "A", "An". "A/An" is called the "Indefinite Article" because the noun that goes along with it is indefinite or general. "The" is called the "Definite Article" because it indicates a specific thing. Now, there are certain times when "the" can not be used before a word, including: Before countries (not including the plural names like the Netherlands), towns, and (ta daaaa) PROPER NAMES! If you are a believer in Christianity, then Hell is an actual place. It is a proper noun. Putting "the" in front of Hell turns it into slang, e.g. What the Hell? Who the Hell is that? and even scaring the Hell out someone. It's hyperbole, intended to emphasize how scared someone is. If the shirt would have read "Jesus scares Hell out of you" the girl would have an argument against the school. But, the shirt makes it seem like Jesus is a boogie man living in your closet waiting to jump out and scare you to death. Maybe the implication of the shirt is more offensive than the bad word...






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