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A lesson from the grammar Nazi (i.imgur.com)

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[–]jesusfreek 54 points55 points ago

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Proper Credit

[–]RedAnarchist 7 points8 points ago

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Also, who the fuck doesn't know the difference between your and you're.

Like this is 2nd grade material here.

[–]db82 34 points35 points ago

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Native speakers.

[–]andrei_rocks_1992 1 point2 points ago

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I almost got food on my laptop. I don't know why, but that was hilarious :)

[–]Bobalobatobamos 9 points10 points ago

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Redditor for 2 years and you dare question the number of idiots on the internet?

[–]morromorro8 11 points12 points ago

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your right!

[–]BassIck 6 points7 points ago

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I like you're style

[–]DevoxNZ 2 points3 points ago

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I see what you did their.

[–]chriskevini -1 points0 points ago

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what about my right?

[–]lisabadcat 2 points3 points ago

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Pretty much everyone I work with.

Also popular where I work : If it end's in "s", it end's in "apostrophe s". That drive's me nut's.

[–]FeistyEmu 0 points1 point ago*

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Every single person on Facebook (according to Reddit).

[–]LashBack16 0 points1 point ago

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I never use the contraction and just stick to "you are". No contraction, no confusion.

[–]Self_Hating_Liberal -1 points0 points ago

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If you haven't learnt it by about 5th grade, you're never going to.

[–]Ragnrok -5 points-4 points ago

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Also, who the fuck doesn't know the difference between you're and your.

FTFY, dumbass.

[–]vdgmrpro 1 point2 points ago

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Good catch

[–]severus66 14 points15 points ago

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Now do lose vs loose.

[–]lordantidote 6 points7 points ago

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Definately.

[–]KiPhemyst -1 points0 points ago

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Definitely*

[–]Fedelaus 9 points10 points ago

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Whooooosh

[–]pieguyfly 1 point2 points ago

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I have a weird way.

Okay, so imagine the gap between 'L' and 'S'. In loose, it's bigger, or looser. Hence, loose. Yeah, I helped nobody.

[–]IchooseYou 1 point2 points ago

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I will definitely remember this now. In the same way I remember that the dorsal part of the body is the back by pretending I am a shark

[–]skankinstephen -1 points0 points ago

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I loose my head whenever I see someone mess up these.

[–]excommunicated 0 points1 point ago

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http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[–]WARGLBARGL 4 points5 points ago

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nazis are funny. except irl.

[–]excommunicated 1 point2 points ago

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Way I figure it, if you can't laugh about something, you can't move past it. Don't have to forget/forgive crappy things in the past, but you do have to get to the point where you can laugh about it.

[–]mark445 6 points7 points ago

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Grammar nazi should know difference between jpg and png.

[–]Cyberslasher 2 points3 points ago

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Nope!!! Always Jpeg. JPEG JPEG JPEG... wait, of my last 5 images, all of them have been png...

[–]zyzzogeton 10 points11 points ago

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Grammar should be capitalized in the title, eg: "Grammar Nazi"

Adjectives in proper nouns which name a specific thing or person are capitalized.

[–]noname-_- 1 point2 points ago

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...

[–]SpoonHandle 11 points12 points ago

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Thank you! It drives me crazy when people send me an email or text saying "your welcome." I do not own welcome.

[–]TheMeaning0fLife 8 points9 points ago

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But then who owns Welcome?

[–]quickgold192 0 points1 point ago

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I hate it when people say "you're welcome." I'm like "DON'T TELL ME WHAT I AM!"

[–]DamniForgot 0 points1 point ago

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I'm like, what about my welcome?

[–]nonumbers -3 points-2 points ago

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Why? You obviously know what they are saying.

[–]ZombieParadigm 1 point2 points ago

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Today's message was brought to you by Hans Grammarnazi from the Third Reich.

[–]AdviceFromLawStudent 1 point2 points ago

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Do this for affect / effect! I can't figure it out.

[–]excommunicated 2 points3 points ago

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Not sure why you were downvoted, a lot of people trip up on those words.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[–]NotCleverEnufToRedit 0 points1 point ago

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Affect is an action. Both start with "a."

I'd like to say that poor grammar doesn't affect me, but I'd be lying. The effect is a twitch that won't go away for hours.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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We learn this in Grade 4. If you can't use contractions correctly then you need to go back to elementary school.

[–]Meowkit 0 points1 point ago

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Does the author do more grammar nazi sketches?

[–]CountMalachi 0 points1 point ago

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The apostrophe is the remains of the letter(s) lost when when two words smashed together.

[–]harrythebau5 0 points1 point ago

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I weep for anyone who genuinely needed to have this explained to them.

[–]ArgyleDashwood 0 points1 point ago

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This was actually helpful I'm terrible with language and I always get yelled at that I'm wrong but nobody ever try's to fix the problem or help me understand.

[–]Punkgoblin 0 points1 point ago

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oatmeal.com

[–]Chaytup 1 point2 points ago

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theoatmeal.com?

[–]Punkgoblin 0 points1 point ago

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It will teach you grammar; it's fun and easy!

[–]werewzl 0 points1 point ago

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Tries*. Apostrophes never indicate plural, they are usually indicative of possession.

[–]ArgyleDashwood 0 points1 point ago

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To be fair that was autocorrect. But thank you.

[–]excommunicated 0 points1 point ago

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http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[–]copyofacopyofacopy 0 points1 point ago

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you're mom

[–]quickgold192 0 points1 point ago

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I like to correct people's grammar too. But then I realize that I split my participles at least five times a day, so maybe I shouldn't be so hard on them.

[–]spiral527 0 points1 point ago

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I recently saw a photostory where they used "explodes" as a transitive verb.

[–]SomeGuySomewheres 0 points1 point ago

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People who don't know difference between your and you're won't understand those large words. Speak as if they were 2 year olds.

[–]Epiicuros 0 points1 point ago

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I'm pretty sure 90% of people know the difference. They just don't care enough to make sure it's right.

[–]mrplatypusthe42nd 0 points1 point ago

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And yore is ancient folklore.

[–]redkey42 0 points1 point ago

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I approve of this sorts of things. Its nice to make a joke of it rather than call out the dumbasses over weather or not they can punctuate. lol.

[–]djmattyd 2 points3 points ago

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That would actually be a spelling error. So in essence this guy is just a Nazi.

[–]toastyghost -1 points0 points ago

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no, it's not. a spelling error is when you choose the correct word and spell it incorrectly. "your" and "you're" are two different words. word choice falls under grammar.

[–]djmattyd 2 points3 points ago

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Incorrect, because they are intending to spell the contraction and are misspelling it.

[–]toastyghost 0 points1 point ago

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in rare cases, sure. but usually, the person is retarded.

[–]Dougiejim -2 points-1 points ago

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Wrong, this is not a word choice error. Native speakers don't make errors substituting genitive pronouns for a pronoun copula string. It is simply a spelling error. If it were a word choice error we would see the same mistakes with "my" and "I'm".

[–]toastyghost 0 points1 point ago

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Native speakers don't make errors substituting genitive pronouns for a pronoun copula string.

lol ok

[–]Dougiejim -2 points-1 points ago

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So...you disagree? You realized that you were so wrong that it's funny? I used big words and you had to google them to understand what I said?

[–]toastyghost 0 points1 point ago

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facebook.com and i don't need to qualify myself to internet strangers

[–]I_am_going_to_kick_u 0 points1 point ago

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This was hilarious when I saw it in 2006.

[–]schwiz -1 points0 points ago

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I laughed a lot harder than I should have.

[–]scrdmnttr -1 points0 points ago

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Bringin' back 2nd grade with style!

[–]aGeordie -1 points0 points ago

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I know this and spot it myself every time I read it back but sometimes when writing quickly, I write the wrong "your" or "their". I've read this is common as we remember the words phonetically.

It's more sloppiness than stupid-ness and this seems smug.

[–]enigmatic_apostrophe -1 points0 points ago

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No one will ever discover my secrets, for I am a puzzle within a riddle wrapped in an enigma.

[–]Punkgoblin 1 point2 points ago

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and smothered in secret sauce?

[–]sheeeeeez -2 points-1 points ago

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This is like middle school humor and it has close to 1000 upvotes?

[–]IchooseYou 0 points1 point ago

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The thing is, people still constantly get these wrong. The more people that see it, the less people will get it wrong. Hence, upvotes.

[–]yaleski -4 points-3 points ago

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Seriously, thank you. I only came to this thread to see people ripping on OP because this simply isn't funny.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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this is not grammar Nazism, it is simply the correct usage of the word. fo retards.

[–]InfernoJoe -2 points-1 points ago

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Really? No comments about the subtle necrophilia joke? Wow.....Reddit I am disappointed.

[–]toastyghost 0 points1 point ago

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i don't think "subtle" means what you think it means

[–]InfernoJoe 1 point2 points ago

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Actually I was being very subtle with my sarcasm. ;)

[–]toastyghost -1 points0 points ago

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feel like tard, downvote reversed

[–]BagOnuts -1 points0 points ago

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I don't get it. Are there people that really don't know the difference?

[–]Punkgoblin -1 points0 points ago

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What kind of grammar Nazi uses "only" and "ever" together?

[–]evilbob -1 points0 points ago

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Now do 'then' and 'than'.

[–]excommunicated 0 points1 point ago

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http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[–]AmoebaJo -1 points0 points ago

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Relevant

[–]jaedaddy -1 points0 points ago

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finally a nazi i can get behind!

[–]mash3735 -1 points0 points ago

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nein/ten would read again

[–]jmpax -1 points0 points ago

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To whom is this addressed?

[–]toastedcheese -1 points0 points ago

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Don't listen to him! I heard that he's a nazi!

[–]heimdal77[!] -1 points0 points ago

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now need ones for to and too , then and than, and there and their...

[–]jisoukishi -1 points0 points ago

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The grammar Nazis are a committed bunch.

[–]jostler57 0 points1 point ago

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Message approved.

[–]Nicxtrem99 -1 points0 points ago

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your stupid ity make you look like your brain has ran out of you

[–]Kougi -5 points-4 points ago

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I hate these sorts of grammar Nazis because they assume that people who don't use apostrophes, abbreviations, contractions and what not correctly don't use them because they don't understand the difference between your/you're, or there and they're. They do; these people just want to type faster. They know the difference. People know "U" is just an abbreviation for "You". They don't genuinely believe that that the former is the correct spelling.

This style of typing irks me to no end, yes; but I dislike it even more when people on the internet assume that how much effort one puts into typing denotes their intelligence.

Seriously, the arrogance of people on the internet who love showing off their "superior" knowledge annoys me.

[–]cloud66 2 points3 points ago

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Why not use 'ur' then? It's even shorter and it doesn't make you look like an idiot.

[–]yaleski 1 point2 points ago

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Because they actually are idiots -- it never occurred to them.

[–]Astronoid 0 points1 point ago

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Wanting to type quickly is not, nor has it ever been, a legitimate excuse for poor grammar, spelling, etc. The quality of mind expressed in writing is limited by the quality of writing. Punctuation errors are not proof of ignorance but they do indicate mental laziness.

In the case of "Your" and "You're", the mistake is often made by obnoxious douchebags telling someone "your an idiot", the irony being what the punctuation error suggests about the writer.

[–]Ixilary -2 points-1 points ago

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I've never understood why people confuse the two words. It's like confusing weather with whether, they might sound similar, but they have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

[–]Johann_Seabass -2 points-1 points ago

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Any Grammarian who can't conjugate Lay & Lie through all tenses doesn't deserve to call themselves a Nazi.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

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WHO CARE'S?!??!?!?

[–]IAmSoSmart-S-M-R-T -3 points-2 points ago

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From the comic, it looks more like the grammar Hitler than the grammar nazi.

Right guys? Right???

<insert eel meme here>