The Guild of Grammar-Nazis: Introducing the Ivory Tower

Should I join?

Not much of a Grammer Nazi, but I really hate reading posts that don't have simple full stops or capital letters.

 

I know someone who is a "Grammer-Nazi".
And he is corrects me a lot. D:

And now the trolling :3 :
s0 can i n0T b3 a grAmer naZ1.

 

I quite frankly despise the people that are correcting my grammatical errors whenever I am writing something on the internet. Luckily I haven't run into these sorts of elitist jerks that very often. English is not my main language and I do whatever possible to improve it. This is done by reading, watching, listening and writing it. All the sodding time.

Reason why I am doing this is so that I can in a more easy fashion communicate with others. It is an international language and therfore it ties people together.

So when the time comes and someone points out my usage of "was" and "were" and tells me that its usage is wrong, I get furious. All they do is point out the mistake. No attempts at enlightening me what I did wrong is made. They just like to feel a bit better about themselves at my expense.

It is like I would go and tell someone who is trying to learn Swedish that their usage of "en" and "ett" is completely wrong, and then I simply moves on. It does not help anyone, it just makes them pissed off.

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This is a great video about the subject.
Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language


I really do hope that something good comes out of this. Good incentive at creating a better community.

Edit; There! Happy now? : <

 

Mistake, not misstake. Sorry, I had to. :)

And you can never tell someone's motivation beyond a doubt; while it may seem to you that they're smug in their superiority, they may just be hoping to help you assimilate, with the eventual goal of you not having to worry about it anymore. Personally, I don't mind being corrected, but that's because I am a businessman, and impeccable grammar is a hallmark of professionalism. I could see how it's different for others, who put forth an effort and are shot down in a woefully snarky manner, but I feel the real problem is a lack of empathy. They need to empathize that you use English as a secondary language, and you need to empathize that they might not be assholes like me.

That said, I'll be damned before I identify myself as a grammar nazi. I'd rather people judge me for the content of my posts rather than the clarity in which I write them. I simply present in this manner because it is natural to me and more likely to be taken seriously than those hoo tk liek dis (a subset of people whom I don't always correct, but whom I judge quite harshly)

In my opinion, WanderMark, you're doing a wonderful job :3

 

Since I was the last Straw (mb?) i should join
Edit: @ WanderMark that big S is trolling me, can you plz remove it?

 

I'm already a retired Grammar Nazi.

That was a joke.

In all seriousness, I'd join, but I don't want to be known as "that guy who is super-picky about grammar."

 

Wutdafkisthishshit.Ican'tevencomprehendwhatthehellthisthreadissupposedtobeabout.whatthehellisgrammarandwhyshouldigive2fkswhenigivenun. I h8 Hitler so u guis suck.

go back2gayvilleurdadisw8

but no rlly u guys are dumb. I love grammar. wher do I Sine up? Srsly. I want to join.

But I don't like really think you don't have fun clan in this woah here.

 

sowhatsthisthreadabout? ;)

 

Where's Hella?

 

i , bctra, whole kindneyled agree to the atroicis web of masscres that thesi nazi have put with their provacitive imagery on their insane willed parts. the love of grammer IS NOT What we Will Be Using in the world of glrous machinations of the Evil Darkness Spawn, so let us move forward unRESTRAINED by words..... yet reason will still be in our Minds, becaus e our Minds r strong, wonderful and spilling out the neccesitis of gooey thought which will stick and collect dust because the oil is boyount in the water of life. let me say, the pen is more permanent than pencil, nd the short sword, while not as near long as a pike, is not without its cutting edge....
agin, i say to u fuuzzywuuzzyblueishbaron, that i herby slute you with my hands, and my we grappble together in this conquest of eeh internets to rid it of the pestinlent fumes known as grimmer.

 

All I can say is, surprisingly good use of vocabulary and poetic devices.

 

*temptation growing*​

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I'll be wathing this thread very closely..........​