“Oh, I mean, oh, I didn’t know,” declared the first detainee.
Grammatical Prison.- The reform of the Penal Code provides for hours of jail time for citizens who confuse “there is” with “oh!”, or “there” with “there is”, or any of its variables.
Fed up with the fact that a large part of the population used these words indifferently, deputies of the LIX Legislature presented an initiative to establish the misuse of these terms as a criminal offense.
They are already building a special prison for offenders
The measure seeks to stop what authorities have called a “national spelling crisis,” after an alarming increase in cases of confusion between these three words was detected, especially in Facebook comments and WhatsApp chains.
““We could no longer sit idly by.”said the legislator who presented the reform to the Federal Penal Code.
Queries of the week | When do you use “hay”, “there” and “ay”?
“There is” is a present form of “have”: “There are many people.”
“There” is an adverb of place: “You can see it there.”
“Ay” is an interjection: “Oh, how good!” pic.twitter.com/wXv0SzSA4Z
— RAE (@RAEinforma) April 8, 2025
According to the new provision, jail hours will be calculated based on the severity of the error. For example, writing “ahi” without an accent could imply a light penalty of 12 hours, while confusing “hay” with “ay” in a public publication could cost up to three days in a CERESO, where offenders will receive spelling re-education classes.
The new legal framework also contemplates that repeat offenders could lose access to their Facebook account or be forced to read aloud The Little Prince until they pronounce the accents correctly.
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