Grammar Is Dead, Long Live Grammar Nerds

_binary_jester_
_binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
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http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/06/grammar-dead-long-live-grammar-nerds/53749/

I know, I know. Leave us alone you say. The people who care about grammar will be the ones who read this. The people who do not will go back to their browsing of icanhascheezburger.com.
Admittedly, when I am on my phone, I am not as stringent in my proofreading. I tend to skip words and fail to double check what my phone has automatically inserted.
But in a business setting, my grammar will be impeccable.
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  • GretchenReine
    GretchenReine Posts: 1,374 Member
    I would love to share that on every social media site around! My name is Gretchen, and I am a grammar nerd!!!
  • erinn83bis
    erinn83bis Posts: 3
    Grammar Nerds unite!
  • Generalle
    Generalle Posts: 201 Member
    long live correct grammer!!!!!!!!!!
  • xoEmmyBxo
    xoEmmyBxo Posts: 10
    I agree!
    But... :blushing: I also love the icanhascheezburger.com.
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    Thumbs up on this thread. I too take short cuts on texting and social media. Work - professional and correct all the way!
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    i no can haz grammah AND cheezburger?
  • bestbassist
    bestbassist Posts: 177 Member
    Nice article. I, too, am a grammar nerd. Actually, I just know how to write and speak in my native language (English). So, if that makes me a nerd, then so be it.
  • Charliebarleymo
    Charliebarleymo Posts: 97
    God Bless You! Long live standards!
  • ickybella
    ickybella Posts: 1,438 Member
    Would someone copy this for me? The webpage isn't loading properly.

    ETA: Never mind. It's finally loaded.
  • L00py_T0ucan
    L00py_T0ucan Posts: 1,378 Member
    Did not know #4! :embarassed: :laugh:
  • AliceKlaar
    AliceKlaar Posts: 275 Member
    Oh yeah. I'm a sucker for a well-placed semi-colon.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    My grammar is not perfect but I always appreciate it when someone takes the time to correct me. It's how we learn. So thank you and hug a grammar Nazi today!

    ETA: Though I have to take issue with #6. "The word whom deserves a defender." -Liz Lemon
  • Charliebarleymo
    Charliebarleymo Posts: 97
    long live correct grammer!!!!!!!!!!

    And spellings...!
  • cmp_denver
    cmp_denver Posts: 44 Member
    I love it! I've been accused of being the grammar police one or twice.
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
    I like the distinction between the two.

    I also tell my kids, "First impressions are important, but what comes out of your mouth leaves an indelible mark."
  • EDesq
    EDesq Posts: 1,527 Member
    http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/06/grammar-dead-long-live-grammar-nerds/53749/

    I know, I know. Leave us alone you say. The people who care about grammar will be the ones who read this. The people who do not will go back to their browsing of icanhascheezburger.com.
    Admittedly, when I am on my phone, I am not as stringent in my proofreading. I tend to skip words and fail to double check what my phone has automatically inserted.
    But in a business setting, my grammar will be impeccable.


    And there in lay the difference...Those with no perception have none.
  • queenofgrey
    queenofgrey Posts: 70 Member
    Considering writing is my profession, I will forever love posts such as these. :)
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
    My grammar is not perfect but I always appreciate it when someone takes the time to correct me. It's how we learn. So thank you and hug a grammar Nazi today!
    Get your hand off of my dangling participle.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Grammer and spelling, for all intensive purposes, are important life skills with no acceptions to the rule, even though we are here to loose alot of weight we should still take it into consternation.
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    I can let certain things slide as I can be lazy sometimes too - for example shortening words for texting purposes.

    On the other hand though, there are things that just make me cringe!

    Continually seeing words that are incorrect like 'Loose' and 'Grammer' is similar to having an itch that I just can't reach to scratch! :laugh:
  • reallymyBEST
    reallymyBEST Posts: 242 Member
    IMHO, it all started with "went missing." ARGH!
  • theoneandonlybrookie
    theoneandonlybrookie Posts: 341 Member
    This is fabulous. I'm in love with grammar. Of course, those of us who really love grammar realize that the English language is to grammar what abstract painting is to art. It's messy and often doesn't make a damn bit of sense.

    Oh, and I also have trouble not making typos on my phone but that is why I avoid using my phone for work correspondence as much as possible.

    I've found that the people who do genuinely give a **** about grammar are those who studied a foreign language extensively or read avidly. Otherwise, most people today don't understand why using the English language correctly is such a big effing deal.
  • Gail3260
    Gail3260 Posts: 354 Member
    As a polyglot I am very proud to be a grammar and a spelling nerd.....but we also have to recognise that language evolves over time. Today's mistakes and faux pas become the norms of tomorrow......twas ever thus!
  • Charliebarleymo
    Charliebarleymo Posts: 97
    Grammer and spelling, for all intensive purposes, are important life skills with no acceptions to the rule, even though we are here to loose alot of weight we should still take it into consternation.


    PLEASE say you wrote this in jest?!!!
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    I love it! But then I get paid to respect the rules of grammar.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Grammer and spelling, for all intensive purposes, are important life skills with no acceptions to the rule, even though we are here to loose alot of weight we should still take it into consternation.


    PLEASE say you wrote this in jest?!!!

    ???i wrote it in Internet Explorer
  • Grlnxtdr0721
    Grlnxtdr0721 Posts: 597 Member
    I absolutely love this article!! I am a grammar nerd, and a spelling freak. My husband, bless his heart, can't spell to save his live, so I get to have fun with that, too :)
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Grammer and spelling, for all intensive purposes, are important life skills with no acceptions to the rule, even though we are here to loose alot of weight we should still take it into consternation.


    PLEASE say you wrote this in jest?!!!

    I hope so.
  • Aperture_Science
    Aperture_Science Posts: 840 Member
    Grammer and spelling, for all intensive purposes, are important life skills with no acceptions to the rule, even though we are here to loose alot of weight we should still take it into consternation.


    PLEASE say you wrote this in jest?!!!

    ???i wrote it in Internet Explorer

    lol
  • Evarell
    Evarell Posts: 143 Member
    Yes! I am a copy editor, so I have channeled my grammar obsession into a career.

    Also, I'm one up on the article-- I have the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. So there! :bigsmile:


    Oh, and I must take the chance to advocate for the serial comma. Not using it just makes no sense!!!

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