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Melania Trump colors fish with kids at digital museum

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Michelle Obama? Nope.

Melania is great!

-4 ( +1 / -5 )

Best First Lady in history. Stunning, kind, intelligent and good with kids.

That would be Michelle Obama. A truly inspirational person.

Melania Trump has a tough act to follow, that's for sure.

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Good for you Melania!

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While I think Trump is an outright embarrassment and a fraud, as with all prior Presidents, we ought to leave the families out of the partisan food fight.

I'm in agreement, which is why I never make any comments on her one way or the other (except along the lines of that she's beautiful).

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Our current First Lady is the "Kim Kardashian" of the Republican Party including nude photos, videos, uneducated background (ex. bad grammar and ironic understanding of logic) , gold digging and married to an idiot.

Nailed it beautifully!!

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I agree that she is good with kids.

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"Be Best" is the name of a program the First Lady started. It's short, bunchy and alliterative. "Be Your Best" would be a bit long, trite and boring for a name. She made the right choice.

Sometime English teachers surprise me with their lack of appreciation for the rhythm of language, instead focusing on pedantic rules. Live a little!

In English usage there are numerous occasions--especially when using the imperative (commanding) form--when a subject (you/your) or even an article (the) is dropped. (You) Live a little! in the quote above is a prime example.

Therefore, Be (your) Best or Be (the) Best is perfectly acceptable as it is not part of a formal piece of writing. Numerous exceptions are fine for informal speech or when used as a punchy slogan.

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They were in Epson's Team Lab in Odaiba (next to the Megaweb). It's an extraordinary place, you can spend a lot of hours inside.

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I'm astounded by the amount of 'people' on JT who are content with the Japanese dropping further down the TOEIC rankings thanks to the teaching of bad English. I just hope nobody is using Trump's tweets as English lessons, unless it's to learn how NOT to write English.

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Best First Lady in history. Stunning, kind, intelligent and good with kids.

Our current First Lady is the "Kim Kardashian" of the Republican Party including nude photos, videos, uneducated background (ex. bad grammar and ironic understanding of logic) , gold digging and married to an idiot.

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@Pukey2

Be Best - yeah, that's right, teach Japanese kids wrong English. This is not helping things.

Go Melania!

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I also was taken aback at this Be Best phrase. Why not "Be Your Best"? At least it is grammatically correct

Hey, "Be Best" is a LOT better than the Engrish on lot of T-shirts, lol.

Best First Lady in history. Stunning, kind, intelligent and good with kids.

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The First Lady is very classy.

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"Be Best" is the name of a program the First Lady started. It's short, bunchy and alliterative. "Be Your Best" would be a bit long, trite and boring for a name. She made the right choice.

Sometime English teachers surprise me with their lack of appreciation for the rhythm of language, instead focusing on pedantic rules. Live a little!

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I also was taken aback at this Be Best phrase. Why not "Be Your Best"? At least it is grammatically correct. Pukey is right.

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Be Best - yeah, that's right, teach Japanese kids wrong English. This is not helping things.

I bet you're a hit at parties, Pukey.

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Be Best - yeah, that's right, teach Japanese kids wrong English. This is not helping things.

Unfortunately, most Japanese people won't realize the grammatical error. This is so sad for both American and Japanese people!

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The first ladies should've played lazer tag and gone for drinks at a jazz bar.

BE BEST!

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The first lady signed on the back of each student's artwork, along with a message "Be Best!" — her children's initiative.

Be Best - yeah, that's right, teach Japanese kids wrong English. This is not helping things.

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