Grammar domination

[Anita__O_Gasm]

I do, actually

And nobody is talking about stories here. Real life using an verb in place of a noun/adjective!

I correct others', and my own grammar, both verbalized and written.

I'm not a grammar nazi, I'm a grampar nazi.

OMG! My son has called me a grammar Nazi for years! There's more of us! WOAH!

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

You don't walk around correcting people on their grammar in the middle of a story presented orally so why get hung up on it when it's written. Getting the meaning out of a story doesn't require perfect spelling, etc.

Umm.. yes, I do actually correct people when they are speaking, unless it is a formal setting. I do this because I am a visual thinker, and most times for clarification so I can follow the story. So getting the meaning actually DOES require perfect spelling and grammar for me, otherwise it is like happily following the yellow brick road, and then falling flat on my face because of some incongruity...

 

[Ahlam]

My spelling may worsen. I was spanked last week for spelling stationery incorrectly. Paper for letter-writing is not "stationary." It's "stationery."

 

[Sir_Winston54]

My spelling may worsen. I was spanked last week for spelling stationery incorrectly. Paper for letter-writing is not "stationary." It's "stationery."

"The stationery should be stationary if you're going to write your letter neatly."

That one's difficult even for many grammarians, as is "separate," though it/they has/have no homonyms. (Adjective/verb)

 

[pensivepoet]

I'm so sowry for you.
Oops! Guess i need one too
Dang

 

[Que]

My spelling may worsen. I was spanked last week for spelling stationery incorrectly. Paper for letter-writing is not "stationary." It's "stationery."

On one of my frequent Tucson diversions, I consumed hours sourcing paper for a note. The somber occasion was my son achieving exactly half my age.

Tucson: friendly, college town teeming with students, academics, and patchouli scented hippies...

No one had stationery. I stumbled upon an art supply store. I purchased poster sized parchment; cut it down to 5x7 sheets, fabricated an envelope from the remainder.

Out of practice, I sweated penmanship for two hours at the bar in Gatsby's Pizza. No idea if he read the letter; it was attached to a bottle of Bushmills' 1608.

 

[All_4_Love]

Real life using an verb in place of a noun/adjective!

Uh-hum...

 

[jboss08]

Uh-hum...

Ewwwwwww karma has slain me!

 

[All_4_Love]

Ewwwwwww karma has slain me!

<--------- It was this guy.

He made me do it

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Umm.. yes, I do actually correct people when they are speaking, unless it is a formal setting. I do this because I am a visual thinker, and most times for clarification so I can follow the story. So getting the meaning actually DOES require perfect spelling and grammar for me, otherwise it is like happily following the yellow brick road, and then falling flat on my face because of some incongruity...

Misspellings and grammatical errors in a story fuck with my suspension of disbelief. How am I suppose to get lost in a tale when oozing, pus-filled sores are covering the page?

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

My spelling may worsen. I was spanked last week for spelling stationery incorrectly. Paper for letter-writing is not "stationary." It's "stationery."

Where does said Spanker stand on the Oxford comma?

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

Where does said Spanker stand on the Oxford comma?

Behold the comma, D.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Behold the comma, D.

I'll backslash you tilde your colon is semi.

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Misspellings and grammatical errors in a story fuck with my suspension of disbelief. How am I suppose to get lost in a tale when oozing, pus-filled sores are covering the page?

Ecacatally. Errr.... exarctilly. Hmmmm.. XaCtLeeeee...
Ummmm... Ya know. What he said.

 

[Ahlam]

Where does said Spanker stand on the Oxford comma?

He seems to change his mind a lot about the placement on commas. I can guess why.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Ecacatally. Errr.... exarctilly. Hmmmm.. XaCtLeeeee...
Ummmm... Ya know. What he said.

Points for misspelling creativity!

He seems to change his mind a lot about the placement on commas. I can guess why.

Everybody's a sadistic editor.

Wait. Actually, that's redundant.

 

[DVS]

Cool, the grammar Nazis are always watching.

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