From Jezebel: "10 Reasons You Should Have Watched the Vice Presidential Debate Last Night"

[Todd's keyboard]

Manlove wrote:

Was he trying to endear me to him by telling it?

Not trying to be snarky, is that what you meant to write?

I would have phrased the idea, "Was he trying to endear himself to me?"

IIRC, you are from the UK. Is this another example of two nations divided by a common language? (Hmm, this may be the final key that lets me understand "Downton Abbey" without having to replay key scenes.)

Todd's syntactically confused boardkey