--- title: J.K Rowling Trolls Donald Trump Over Twitter Spelling Error description: J.K. Rowling just gave President Donald Trump some writing advice. canonical: https://time.com/5329971/jk-rowling-laughs-at-trump-error/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-03T23:09:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T18:55:58.000Z og:title: J.K. Rowling Trolls Trump Over Twitter Spelling Error og:description: The Harry Potter author mocked Trump and his misuse of the phrase "pour over" og:url: https://time.com/5329971/jk-rowling-laughs-at-trump-error/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteae8301e045ffe90/6988c1fc7cdbac3264d57cb5/trump-rowling.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: trump-rowling og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.K. Rowling Trolls Trump Over Twitter Spelling Error twitter:description: The Harry Potter author mocked Trump and his misuse of the phrase "pour over" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteae8301e045ffe90/6988c1fc7cdbac3264d57cb5/trump-rowling.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # J.K. Rowling Just Reminded President Trump About the Difference Between 'Pour' and 'Pore' by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:55 PM UTCPublished: Jul 3, 2018 11:09 PM UTC  Olivier Douliery-Pool—Getty Images (L); Jeff Spicer—Getty Images Olivier Douliery-Pool—Getty Images (L); Jeff Spicer—Getty ImagesDonald Trump in Washington, DF, on April 3, 2017 (L); J.K. Rowling in London, on Feb. 12, 2017 by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 6:55 PM UTCPublished: Jul 3, 2018 11:09 PM UTC J.K. Rowling just gave President Donald Trump some writing advice. Trump defended his tweeting style on Twitter Tuesday afternoon and admitted that he took pride in his writing ability. However, in the same sentence which called out the “Fake News” for searching for typos— he made a typo. “After having written many best selling books, and somewhat priding myself on my ability to write, it should be noted that the Fake News constantly likes to pour over my tweets looking for a mistake. I capitalize certain words only for emphasis, not b/c they should be capitalized!” Trump tweeted. Instead of “pore over,” which means to study carefully, Trump wrote “pour over.”  Twitter An hour later, Trump deleted the tweet, and tweeted out the same message with the correct word. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1014286054805987330) Rowling apparently found the original tweet hilarious, repeatedly typing “haha” in three successive replies. In one, the Harry Potter author sarcastically called him the “Gratest Writer on earth.” And she also gave Trump the correct spelling of the word. > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/1014260943533027329) Rowling wasn’t the only one to correct the president. Many other Twitter users were quick to highlight the incorrect usage of “pour.” Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s Twitter account, which has been [increasingly used to jab at Trump and his administration](http://time.com/5101186/merriam-webster-donald-trump-shithole-countries-word-of-the-day/), also felt the need to point out the grammatical difference. > [](https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1014270254049087488) After Trump’s correction, Rowling replied again, saying that someone appeared to tell the president how to spell ‘pore.’ > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/1014290773934792704) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5329971/jk-rowling-laughs-at-trump-error/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5329971/jk-rowling-laughs-at-trump-error/"},"headline":"J.K. 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