Grammar Nazis - Usually Bad, Sometimes Necessary?

[Wolfwood]

when i was in 6th grade we had a class project where we each got a newspaper or magazine to proof read every day.

we found over 850 mistakes in 5 days.

 

[digitaltrip]

Forreals tho

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

 

[benenglish]

It's sad that adults in this country don't know when to use your and you're, their, there, and they're, and many other common words. Even fewer is the number of people who know when to use a comma, when a period, or when a semicolon.

You did that on purpose, didn't you?

 

[AcidFlashGordon]

Or this...

Reminds me of this:

Speak Jive

I actually understand the jive but not this numbers bullshit.

 

[Sapper740]

Something else to consider regarding spelling, grammar, syntax, punctuation etc. etc. My wife currently is, and I have been in positions where we make the decisions on who is to be hired or not. Any job application or resume with any of the errors previously mentioned were deposited into the oval filing cabinet and the candidate never considered. This practice is wide-spread through-out corporate America as we've found out in discussions with other managers so it behooves anyone applying or considering applying for jobs in the future to maintain proper use of English.

 

[35Remington]

I found a gem today. We have members with mutual menstrual cycles. Gotta watch that Caps Lock, folks. It'll get ya.

 

[AcidFlashGordon]

I found a gem today. We have members with mutual menstrual cycles. Gotta watch that Caps Lock, folks. It'll get ya.

As an older female friend once said:

I'm armed and have PMS......now what was your stupid question again?

 

[Displaced Texan]

Grandma was an English teacher so I spent my formative years with constant corrections. Very simple mistakes can cause huge differences to the reader. Consider these two sentences:

I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse.
I helped my uncle jack off his horse.

If such a simple mistake can be the difference between a noble act and extreme perversion, I welcome those corrections.