Are you a grammar nazi?

[whyisitso]

I'm bilingual so I actually have two mother tongues. I'm a bit if a grammar nazi, but I almost never correct people who is clearly not speaking their own native language. at least not in small things like grammar nazis do.

English isn't my native language and I do not speak it well. I see people correcting me here on GaG too. Kind of good to learn but on the other hand it is really annoying since I am doing my best. Of course some basic stuff I'll also want to correct (like your and you're, because that's just annoying).

Are you a grammar nazi? How bad of a kind?

Sieg Grammar! I'm the worst kind!

I'm the kind of grammar nazi that corrects only clearly wrong grammar.

No, I never correct grammar. Couldn't care less.

No, I'm the one being corrected.

It depends...

[witherwing]

I make too many mistakes, especially with English, since it isn't my native language, that I don't dare to correct other people, although sometimes some clear errors kinda bug me. And with my native language there's rarely any need to correct people, because most of the time when I think something is written wrong, it's actually just a different dialect. 🤷🏼

[Anonymous]

I don't care about people's mistakes. Here is not a school and they are not having exams.

[Loveherbut]

God i love u

[Loveherbut]

Finally someone gets what im saying for fucking years

[MrBillH]

I correct some. If I did it to everyone on here, I'd never get anything done. I hate the acronyms now. There's so many. Some "kids" short form everything and expect us to be able to read it. I'm thinking I'm the only one and ten people reply "what the fuck are you saying?". I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[slatyb]

"I almost never correct people who IS..."

People is a plural noun and requires a plural verb, so "people who ARE..." is standard English.

[whyisitso]

Yeah, thanks.

[ThisDudeHere]

Was about to say just that.

[whyisitso]

@ThisDudeHere and @slatyb 😂 you guys are true grammar nazis. Thanks 😂

[ThisDudeHere]

We do our best

[GoodManDave]

It depends. I have a few friends who operate small businesses. English is their first language. And their spelling and grammar is terrible (among other issues for another day).

If it's social media, or texting with friends or family, I generally keep quiet - - Especially with social media... you never know... this person could be dyslexic, or have some mental handicap, they could be writing "accidental typos," (sometimes I'll accidentally hit "send" before rereading, so I've been guilty of it on occasion... "I know the context of "there, they're and their'... why did I use the wrong one? Duh!") or even it's a situation where autocorrect creates problems (autocorrect is getting obnoxious sometimes), so I try not to be too big a jerk about it - I tend to give more leeway, especially if I understood what they were trying to say.

However, I will be a bit more of a stickler about it - 1: if you're insulting someone's intelligence and being kind of a jerk about it, yet you can barely write. 2) If it's almost unreadable. Usually, though, I just give up at a certain point if there are too many errors. 3) If you're trying to pass yourself off as a professional.

Usually, if it's "conversational English" I try not to get too obnoxious about it. I end sentences with prepositions sometimes... I know it's incorrect, but it sounds so formal (and sometimes a bit pompous) to type or say it correctly... (at least to me); However, when I speak, I do try to keep it to a minimum.

I do chuckle when it's awkward grammar, or when someone uses a different, similar sounding word... like a hand made bumper sticker that says "It's CONGENIAL heart defect month!" (You mean congenital). "Nauseous vs nauseated" "Unconventional" vs "Inconceivable" - That sort of thing. But I rarely correct them in front of others. I don't want them feeling stupid. I try to correct without sounding like I'm being condescending... "Sorry you feel nauseated."

I'm a designer... Sometimes I will ask if people want my thoughts on their materials... and they usually don't - so I won't correct them. It's not my problem... but it does bug me though how few people will take advice from a pro (or someone who at least knows something about it).

[asyouwereekt]

I correct bilinguals because it will help them get the language correct for the future.
I correct the English because it's their goddamn language and it's embarrassing not being able to speak/write in it properly.
I'm almost trilingual, and I appreciate when others correct me: this way I know I won't make that mistake again and get better at the language

[whyisitso]

My mother tongue is swedish and my other mother tongue is finnish (which is grammatically the hardest language). Those two I have no problems with, but when it comes to English or some other language that's not my native language, I really don't know everything all the time. And I am learning the language from reading, listening and courses not from Internet forums. Here I just use it as good as I can. This is not a good place to learn correct writing.

[asyouwereekt]

I'm Polish, living in England for the past 8 years or so, and learning Spanish. In all 3 languages, especially English, grammar comes to me pretty easily. When I speak with others, the ' they're Thier and there ' problem creeps up A LOT which is incredibly annoying for me.
But I agree, this isn't the best place, although you can practice, the level isn't very high. Reading books with a high level language is the best way to learn in my opinion.
Your level of English is generally very good though!

[whyisitso]

Thanks, I have just heard many comments about some silly grammar errors I have made every now and then. I start to feel like my English is bad, because I am a little bit of a perfectionist and can't stand making errors.

[asyouwereekt]

I'm happy whenever someone corrects me. Another chance to get better at the language.

[ryancg]

I typically only correct it when it's blatantly wrong. Like the person was clearly just being lazy and not even trying. I don't do it to be an asshole, I just get tired of seeing people who are under the assumption that since they're on the internet that means they should speak like a grade schooler.

[sugarette]

I don't ever call myself a nazi-anything, because it's awful, but I hate poor grammar and mine is mostly impeccable. If it's due to dyslexia or other learning disabilities, I understand and respect that. But if someone doesn't care about grammar, it's just painful to see.

[yousir]

People's ability to think is confined within our understanding of language. As our ability to communicate breaks down, so does our ability to think.

[Leafpool2]

I used to be but grammar's fucking made up anyway so who gives a shit

[A-man-22]

Grammar Nazis should criticize the scholars who made the language , especially English. English is very inconsistent and has ineffective ideas such as apostrophes and silent letters.

[ENTP_EMO]

Am I the grammar jew?
Because I suck
Luckily I'm rich in humor,
so I pay them off with my punny

[Kiels01]

People who correct grammar on here are only doing so because they are losing the debate to start with.

[Harshad70]

I don't go correcting grammar, it's enough for me that I understand it. If I don't, then I don't bother try to understand it again

[jacquesvol]

I'm a censored grammar nazi.

I get ulcers from all the errors I see here.

[Smegskull]

I'm fine with abbreviations and slang. I cannot tolerate americanisms or double/triple negatives.

[lernulo]

It depends who are you talking to?
Interchange student, redneck?

[Paris13]

I used to be Worse as a Kid. lolxx

[frankcan]

When you know several languages is difficult to be a grammar nazi

[monkeynutts]

No I do correct what I write as much as I can.

[NovissimumVirorum]

I’m a member of the Grammar Gestapo

[Revolver_]

No, I'm the one being corrected.

[ZanyInternetName]

Grammar heil!

[pitzi]

I'm a grammar jew