Friday Evening Moment of Enlightenment- People who highlight minor grammar points are amazing

[malaise]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-who-highlight-minor-grammar-points-are-amazing-2013082378916
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Researchers at the Institute for Studies found that people who loudly exclaim about apostrophes and ‘who versus whom’ are actually better than everyone else.

Professor Henry Brubaker said: “In no way are any of these people vain, arsey pedants.

“Grammar perfectionists are both intellectually and morally superior to other types of human.

“The way they selflessly dedicate themselves to correct punctuation, for example by pointing out to the staff of a chip shop why the term ‘chip’s’ is a sloppy obfuscation, confirms they are bold and righteous individuals.

“If grammar people just learned to let things go sometimes, where would we be as a civilisation? Just fighting in mud, probably.”

[Donald Ian Rankin]

1. I'm afraid I think the claim you mock has a large grain of truth to it.

I think that intelligence and precision of thought are probably positively correlated with grammar pedantry.

N.B. in accordance with the immutable law of Murphy, this post will contain at least one SPAG error I have overlooked...

[malaise]

4. I'm not against the grammar police

I just found this funny - I agree with this

I think that intelligence and precision of thought are probably positively correlated with grammar pedantry.

[CBGLuthier]

2. we all make mistakes from time-to-time

But people who do not know the difference between your and you're will be the ruin of the species.

[RebelOne]

3. Well, all I can say is that after being a copy editor for 15 years

editing 30 magazines a month that I am a total grammar Nazi.

[defacto7]

5. I think every person diagnosed with low level autism

should be confronted with their ineptness. Just because one can multiply two 4 digit numbers in their head in less than 3 seconds certainly does not make them intelligent. I mean, whom do they think they is anyway?

[PowerToThePeople]

6. there not seeryus; are they?

[malaise]

13. Satire

Check the website

[maxsolomon]

7. As a Grammar Nazi, i let 99% of it go.

I will never make America understand that there is no such thing as a "Kudo", or that objects or concepts to not "Jive" with each other.

But it still amazes me when someone posts that they're a teacher, and then proceeds to transpose homonyms willy-nilly, or mangle there/they're/their. I can only hope that they're a math teacher.

[sufrommich]

8. "Jive" bothers the hell out of me. So does

"would of" or "could of" which I see more often lately. But like you,I keep my mouth shut.

[malaise]

10. I detest 'would of' and 'could of'

Sadly people write what they say and language skills are deteriorating with tasteless haste.

[valerief]

14. I wouldn't have put commas before your last OR and AND.

There are no subjects in those clauses. The commas are a barrier to the intended subject, SOMEONE.

I'm a comma Nazi.

[maxsolomon]

17. You're right, I overuse commas.

The shame...

[valerief]

18. Bwahahaha! I have my faults, too, but none come to mind right now.

[Logical]

16. I could care less! (Correct it, I know you want to!) :-)

[rug]

9. It began with civilization itself.

[malaise]

11. LOL

Nice

[TroglodyteScholar]

12. Finally, someone who understands!

I've been waiting for this validation my whole online life!

[pipi_k]

15. Well, I'll put it this way...

there's being a grammar nazi, and then there's being a grammar nazi who acts like an asshole.

Much like someone who knows the proper fork to use at a formal dinner and shames someone else who doesn't have the same knowledge. Don't do it in front of others. Point out someone's mistake quietly...in private, if possible.

Be dignified about it, and leave the other person with some dignity as well.

I don't mean you, personally...just those who tend to do that sort of thing...