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Grammar Nazi Tries To School Mark Hamill Over Grammar On Twitter, Regrets It Immediately
As a paid-up member of the grammar nazi club, I know all too well that trivial, yet nagging feeling of disdain one gets when seeing a native English speaker mangling basic words and sentences online.
Yes, bad grammar is pathetic. Annoying too! But a grammar nazi should at least know when to pick their battles, and provoke people with persnickety English grammar corrections only when absolutely sure that they are correct themselves. Otherwise, the grammar nazi ends up looking like a complete ass, much to everyone else’s delight.
Enter the hero of the day, Luke Skywalker himself. Not content with becoming one of the greatest Jedi the galaxy has ever known, Skywalker, AKA Mark Hamill, also takes down grammar nazis in his spare time. What a guy!
After shooting off an adorable tweet about his Star Wars cast colleague Kelly Marie Tran, full of love and praise for her performance in the film, the grammar nazi struck with the classic your/you’re correction. Drama! The popular actor had the best comeback up his sleeve however and handled it like an absolute pro. This began a chain reaction of grammar geeking-out that makes for entertaining reading, grammar nazi or not!
Scroll down below to see the funny tweets, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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Mark Hamill took to Twitter to give a shout out to the new Star Wars star Kelly Marie Tran
But the internet wouldn’t be the internet if it didn’t register every little slip you make
Yet Hamill was quick to come up with a slick comeback
Only to be topped by the guys at Merriam-Webster dictionary
Who then, of course, were corrected as well
Starting a grammar nazi thread online
Are you a grammar nazi? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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Bored Fox 7 years ago
That was not a grammar nazi. Grammar nazis may be annoying but they actually know the grammar rules. If someone corrects the grammar wrong that person is not a grammar nazi.
Jenny Bunton 7 years ago
Grammar corrections have their place when it really matters. But people should be wary of correcting others on social media forums - you just don't know if the person you are correcting perhaps has dyslexia or another learning difference which would mean they are doing their very best. Correcting them when it really doesn't matter could do so much damage to their self esteem and ability to continue communicating
Blue Cicada 7 years ago
As a licensed English teacher, I must say that you are absolutely correct! Social posting is _usually_ first draft/rough draft writing. Being an uptight responder to casual posts says more about the corrector than the corrected.
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tara skogly 7 years ago
I'm from Norway and even I know the difference between "you're" and "your". I have english speaking friends I had to correct when they used quite, quiet and quit :P
Kristel 7 years ago
I am Dutch. I experience the same things sometimes. It is so simple! I do not get why native English speakers make these mistakes. When having dyslexia, sure. But especially with English speaking friends, you would know this about them.
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Mangoes'nRum 7 years ago
This is not an attack of a grammar Nazi. It's just some twat that can tweet. Grammar Nazis actually know their grammar.
David Daisy May Boldock 7 years ago
Dear grammar Nazis. I'm playcing this hear to spacifikally distroy you're intire day. May korecting this imige be the onely thing you thinc abowt all fukcing weak.
Josefine Andersen 7 years ago
I am dyslexic .and really hate when people correct my grammar all the time. I have been working years to become able to read and write I don't need people to tell me that I am doing wrong all the time.
Rebekah 7 years ago
Whoever runs the Merriam-Webster social needs a raise. They're seriously awesome.
Esther Cohn 7 years ago
I tend to flex my grammar muscles on Facebook only about hateful comments like “your a libtard snowflake” or ungrammatical (and untruthful and unkind) comments about “Moochelle” or “Obummer.”
Julia Wolfe 7 years ago
Please stop using the term "Nazis" to refer to anyone but actual Nazis. It is disrespectful to the victims.
Steven Gordon 7 years ago
I never use "Nazi". I think Grammar Police is better. GP-Apple-5...5360fe.jpg 
Alex Toumar 7 years ago
Not a huge deal, but the "guys" behind the Merriam-Webster twitter are famously a woman https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/a3wgbe/we-talked-to-the-genius-behind-the-viral-merriam-webster-twitter-account, so let's give credit to that very funny and astute lady
David Daisy May Boldock 7 years ago
American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a proper education can make magazine copy for ribbed condoms sound like the Magna God Damn Carta), but it has its own scruffy charm.
Malinda Washburn 7 years ago
I do like to correct people on their grammar and spelling. Though I do make sure I'm correct before I do. But can we stop using the term "Grammar Nazi"? I used to bear the title proudly, but considering recent events... I think it's time for a re-brand.
Derek McNeil 7 years ago
Mark Hamill has been one of my favourite actors, but him demonstrating that he knows the difference between "loose" and "lose" elevate him to the status of a god.
Sue Cugini 7 years ago
I wouldn't say I am a grammar nazi because I don't go around correcting people's grammar, particularly when I am not their English teacher. Having said that, I do think it's a sad commentary that so many people simply can't express themselves in relatively correct grammar. I am obviously not talking about people who have a learning disability or for whom English is a second language. Those errors are readily understandable. I am talking about individuals whose only language is English and they were educated in this country.
Glenn Palmer 7 years ago
What is 'relatively' correct grammar? Is that like being a little bit pregnant?
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Michael Morris 7 years ago
Homophones are my personal bugbear. I never correct anyone on them cause I'm so prone to making them, and in the end they don't really matter.
Blake Lemieux 7 years ago
I always correct certain people (that I know) when they say, "Me and my friends." and I'll reply, "my friends and I...." My English teacher was always on our asses to speak correctly so this stuck with me. So everytime I hear someone using "me and blah blah blah." I cringe a bit.
Terri Yamson-Almas 7 years ago
That's how you troll like a mega star!!!! Unless YOU'RE perfect in Grammar, it is strongly suggested that you keep YOUR nose out of other people's business, especially when YOU'RE wrong!!! Thank you Mark Hamill and Merriam Webster!!! You all totally KILLED me with this one!!! Like, TOTALLY killed me with it!! (Sorry, had to do that just to be ornery! :P)
Yugan Talovich 7 years ago
Grammar not relation, not grammar liked I, I consider you how say, all okay. Teacher criticized wrong, I no that call. (If you think grammar's not important, consider the above, written with a combination of Chinese and Tayal grammar. Do you understand it all?)
James Martin 7 years ago
Hamill was obviously correct. I can see why it might have taken a second. Obviously it was a second Ward did not take. I surmise it was a kneejerk, Pavlovian response to seeing a homophonic word. An assumption was made that any use of such a word would automatically be incorrect. Such an assumption is ill-advised. Though I have no evidence to suggest it, I wonder if Ward knew of Hamill's progressive leanings and thought he'd take down a liberal? Hopefully, it was just a mistake of grammar on his part.
David Daisy May Boldock 7 years ago
If you can't win an argument, correct their grammar instead.
Alex Paylor 7 years ago
If you can actually decipher their meaning, perhaps, but I have seen many posts in many places where the writer's intended point is hopeless to try to understand.
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Misterscooter 7 years ago
I'm a stickler for getting it correct myself but sometimes I'm just typing too fast and hit 'send.' I can't afford an editor for my comments yet.
Kate Greven 7 years ago
Actually, the author of this article committed a glaring grammar faux pas: The dreaded noun/pronoun mis-match...when referring to a single Grammar Nazi (which I capitalize, as I have an embroidered patch to prove it & take it as my title) the relating pronoun must also be singular. The author wrote: "But a grammar nazi should at least know when to pick their battles..." So, I'm picking this battle. The proper pronoun to use would be her battles, his battles , or even her/his battles (for those who are undecided or relate to both ?) You're welcome. And yes, I am indeed an English Instructor...so learn from this you should...
Kate Greven 7 years ago
Actually...if we're being all grammatically correct & everything here...the author of this article committed a glaring grammar faux pas. When a single Grammar Nazi is referred to, the proper pronoun(s) would be his/her...as in " But a grammar nazi should at least know when to pick their battles..." You're welcome. And yes, I am an English instructor.
Paula Marshall 7 years ago
I think people should quit using "Nazi" as if it's something about murdering ten million people for bad spelling. Yes, ten. Six million Jews, four million others.
Paula Marshall 7 years ago
I think people should stop using "Nazi" as an expression of people who correct English. The Nazis killed 6 million Jews and millions of others.
Nemanja Slavković 7 years ago
How is he a grammar nazi without knowing the basics of English grammar ? :D
Jorge Santos 7 years ago
To be fair that probably wasn't a grammar nazi. Looks more like an idiot who can't read and is too eager to correct everyone.
Tim Roof 7 years ago
I only suggest corrections on memes, not on everyday comments. Memes are larger and more noticeable than regular comments. I only have the meme maker's best interest at heart because I think meme spelling and grammar errors make them look foolish, but it's typically not received that way.
James Burton 7 years ago
Please do not compare a political group who murdered 6 million Europeans because of their race to someone who corrects your bad grammar.
Ronnie Dill Jr. 7 years ago
Wow, another b******t Story where somebody is trying to play intelligent but still the biggest idiot in the World. I'll pass. Remind's of some f****t a*s i know.
Janis Bass 7 years ago
I am a proofreader. I appreciate this post, however, I do object to the term “nazi” being used flippantly. It is a word with a lot of baggage to too many people.
adoracat 7 years ago
I cringe at some grammar usage. I'll read things and correct the grammar in my brain. On the other hand I am not taking the time to put my words out there, so I rarely correct people OTHER than my children when they were in school OR someone who has ASKED for my help in proof reading. Anything else is just being rude (in my opinion).
David Pugh 7 years ago
Grammar: the difference between ''knowing your s**t" and "knowing you're s**t".
Melissa Huitt 7 years ago
Dear Bored Panda: L.L. McKinney was making a Yoda joke, not trying to correct Merriam Webster...
Aaron Page 7 years ago
when it comes to words that change their meaning then sure, but if you understand the meaning of the message regardless of the grammar correcting people just makes you look like a d**k
Suzanne Goolsby 7 years ago
Best grammar thread in a long time! Screenshot that conversation for a smiley opener to a high school grammar session!
Gadsden Ford 7 years ago
You're can also be a contraction of You were. "You're supposed to do the dishes last night." Although, the thread is quite comedic.
Merijo Dietrich 7 years ago
illiteracy has always been a problem , in America anyway. texting and internet messaging and Facebook has people reading and writing more than ever, reading is good. writing is good. lets let the teachers do the grading. imagine a kid called out by someone with low self esteem who points out every little grammar or spelling error so every one makes them grand fungu ruler of plural possessives meanwhile kid correct is to embarrassed to join his friends on-line. now he is the creepy guy who watches from afar and they all will say. he was always nice, a quite guy..... hope your happy
Roger Miles 7 years ago
I will butcher this just to p**s them off. There is no room for grammar corrections ever. It’s just a sure fire sign that you need a life.
Laura Sayer 7 years ago
I am sad to say that there are way too many grammar-ignorant people. What irritates me the most is when you point out the mistake and they don't fix it.
Eva van Loon 7 years ago
#4: "grammar nazi or not!" is a dangling modifier--it has no noun or pronoun to hang onto!
Eva van Loon 7 years ago
Giedre needs a grammar nazi. #1: "But a grammar nazi should at least know when to pick their battles, and provoke people with persnickety corrections only when absolutely sure that they are correct themselves." Try pluralizing *a grammar nazi* to *grammar nazis* to make the verbs and pronouns parallel. #2: "After shooting off an adorable tweet about his Star Wars co-star Kelly Marie Tran, full of love and praise for her performance in the film, the grammar nazi struck with the classic your/you’re correction." Huh? The grammar nazi has a co-star? The pronoun *his* can refer only to the subject of the sentence, i.e., the grammar nazi, a person very unlikely to have had a co-star. Did grammar nazi mean *his* to relate to Mark? Possibly, but it doesn't work in English this way. You can't just grab the odd pronoun out of the galaxy and shove it in any old place. Alert! Incoming misplaced modifier! #3: Somebody ran out of commas. "up his sleeve however," should be *up his sleeve, however,*.
Michael Rochen 7 years ago
In the words of that great American philosopher, Larry the Cable Guy, "That's funny, right there!!!"
Karen Klinck 7 years ago
I just think the whole thing's hilarious! (And while you're giving lessons, Mark, let's cover the to, too, and two conundrum, please.)
Sébastien Topping 7 years ago
Yo, Giedré? Good used of the word Nazi, huh? Please, educate yourself and stop using this f*****g word every time you think it's appropriate.
Glenn Palmer 7 years ago
Anyone who accuses a person who writes ****you’re***** of being a grammar Nazi is either being ironic or is confusing bad spelling with poor grammar. Any grammar Nazi worth his salt will have picked up that Hamill’s sentence is either missing a conjunction after #TheLastJedi or a verb before the word ‘goofy’, depending on whether he’s giving two or three reasons for shouting out to KMT.
Chicago Guitar 7 years ago
Correcting grammar is a way of asserting superiority. It is an insecure display of contempt that is rarely appropriate. Therefore-- "As a paid-up member of the grammar nazi club, I have disdain for native English speakers who mangle basic words and sentences online." Glass houses and stones are rarely in short supply.
Lino Jakobsen 7 years ago
I would not correct someone's grammar on the Internet. But when I see a text with ridiculously bad grammar, where you cannot tell instantly if the writer means "there" or "the're", usually also without captials and interpunctuation, I simply do not read on. It slows down reading immensely. Why should I give foxtrot uniform charlie kilo? Why should I waste my time? When foreigners can learn it, one would expect that a native speaker could too.
Bill Miller 7 years ago
As an English major and former copy-desk editor, I'm a proud grammar nazi. That said, consider: "After shooting off an adorable tweet about his Star Wars co-star Kelly Marie Tran, full of love and praise for her performance in the film, the grammar nazi struck with the classic your/you’re correction." Bad sentence! Bad! Who shot off the tweet, Hamill or the grammar nazi? Easy to rewrite: "After Hamill shot off the tweet, the grammar nazi struck." Ten points off.
Elizabeth Duval 7 years ago
Or "a grammar nazi struck with the classic your/you're correction"
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Patrick McKenna 7 years ago
I give a lot of leeway since the digital world. I often don't punctuate or capitalize, but I know when it's proper. I will for business. twitter, chat and facebook? I am very lax. best not to correct another in those forums. imo.
Linda Hobart 7 years ago
Most of you have been amusing!its fun to see all of you who have the same sort of irritations that I do with grammar and verb tense etcetera. Thanks let's pick it up on some other irritating thing soon. Have a great Friday night all y'all.
Kristel 7 years ago
I am kind of a grammar nazi, but here on BP, most of the times I keep it to myself. I think it is horrible that so many people type the wrong words when English is their native language. It is not even my native language, and if I wanted to, I could correct so many people on their grammar! I may make some mistakes myself. I guess most of my mistakes would be in the order of sentences. But, only if you take it very seriously. As I said. English is not my first language. And I would never make mistakes like your/you're, their/there/they're and to/too. And many more grammar mistakes. While I see so many people with English as their native language making these mistakes. Pretty annoying!
Kristel 7 years ago
The only thing I really have difficulties with, is when to use who and when to use whom. I still do not get this. Is there someone here who can explain this easily and short?
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Ro Pernelli 7 years ago
Is it asking too much that the author of an article about grammar nazism would her/himself use proper grammar? Apparently so, to wit: "...But 'a' grammar nazi should at least know when to pick 'their battles'..." See, "nazi" is singluar in this sentence, whereas "their" is plural. The correct sentence should read either: "...But grammar 'nazis' should at least know when to pick 'their' battles..." OR "...But 'a' grammar nazi should at least know when to pick 'her or his' battles..." Jus sayin'.
Kim Hunt 7 years ago
The use of singular they/their: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/he-or-she-versus-they
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Alex Paylor 7 years ago
I tend to be a bit of a grammar Nazi as well, but I try to be very sure what I am correcting needs correcting. Trump supporters really keep me busy. In this case, the GN made a complete fool of himself. Perhaps you should make sure to read the post twice to ensure what you thought was a mistake or an unknowing grammatical error is actually that. It is pretty obvious what Mark Hamill meant and the word you so smugly "Corrected" was, in fact, correct. Ward A Allen, you got what you deserved. Internet derision. I trust you have the shame to admit your grammatical error.
Sarah Downes 7 years ago
That was beautiful.. Absolutely loved this. I am a grammar geek and that was well played.. Perfection I'd say. Lol lol
Mariusz Bąbik 7 years ago
Anyway, it should be: ...your, more than brillant, performance... With two commas, I think.
Lino Jakobsen 7 years ago
I would not correct someone's grammar on the Internet. But when I see a text with ridiculously bad grammar, where you cannot tell instantly if the writer means "there" or "the're", usually also without captials and interpunctuation, I simply do not read on. It slows down reading immensely. Why should I give foxtrot uniform charlie kilo? Why should I waste my time?
Jacques Lacroix 7 years ago
I don't know how you will calling me for this comment, BUT. Grammar nazi is kind of disrespectful for those who suffered under the nazi regime. Why not Grammar geeks? Truer and more respectful don't you think?
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SexyEggPlant 7 years ago
its annoying that people go out of their way to correct something so unnecessary. its the internet not an english paper
Here to Troll 7 years ago
It's always okay when you're the one doing it, right SexyEggPlant? Then you can just make up excuses about why it's a totally different situation now that you're involved.
Load More Replies... SexyEggPlant 7 years ago
people who correct youre and your are the most annoying people out there! people who correct spelling are grammar THAT NEEDS to be corrected are fine but seriously youre and your? to hell with it!
Johnny Slapstick 7 years ago
That should be "People who correct spelling or grammar THAT NEEDS..." ;)
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Israel Martinez 7 years ago
To be fair, "more than brilliant" should have been hyphenated, but even the respondent should have been aware of how the sentence was structured ... at the very least, that person should have read it aloud before commenting ...
Wanda Juul 7 years ago
I think I would have written your more-than-brilliant performance--the hyphens gather the three words into one adjective, makes reading a little easier.
Tandy Byrd 7 years ago
Alas, no one thinks of the poor hyphen anymore. If you really want to be pedantic, there IS an error. It should be “more-than-brilliant....”
Johnny Slapstick 7 years ago
I'd rather correct the other part of the tweet... He's just being a super nice guy. Her performance was pretty awful. However, part of that was due to the awful script she was given.
Aahzmandus Pervect 7 years ago
You obviously didn't bother to read the entire post.
Load More Replies... Bored Fox 7 years ago
Sometimes the grammar nazis are useful because some people write so terrible English that it is very difficult to understand. I am not a native English speaker so the grammar nazis have sometimes helped me to understand what someone is trying to write. Usually the people who write the worst English online are native English speakers.
Load More Replies... Bored Fox 7 years ago
That was not a grammar nazi. Grammar nazis may be annoying but they actually know the grammar rules. If someone corrects the grammar wrong that person is not a grammar nazi.
Jenny Bunton 7 years ago
Grammar corrections have their place when it really matters. But people should be wary of correcting others on social media forums - you just don't know if the person you are correcting perhaps has dyslexia or another learning difference which would mean they are doing their very best. Correcting them when it really doesn't matter could do so much damage to their self esteem and ability to continue communicating
Blue Cicada 7 years ago
As a licensed English teacher, I must say that you are absolutely correct! Social posting is _usually_ first draft/rough draft writing. Being an uptight responder to casual posts says more about the corrector than the corrected.
Load More Replies... tara skogly 7 years ago
I'm from Norway and even I know the difference between "you're" and "your". I have english speaking friends I had to correct when they used quite, quiet and quit :P
Kristel 7 years ago
I am Dutch. I experience the same things sometimes. It is so simple! I do not get why native English speakers make these mistakes. When having dyslexia, sure. But especially with English speaking friends, you would know this about them.
Load More Replies... Mangoes'nRum 7 years ago
This is not an attack of a grammar Nazi. It's just some twat that can tweet. Grammar Nazis actually know their grammar.
David Daisy May Boldock 7 years ago
Dear grammar Nazis. I'm playcing this hear to spacifikally distroy you're intire day. May korecting this imige be the onely thing you thinc abowt all fukcing weak.
Josefine Andersen 7 years ago
I am dyslexic .and really hate when people correct my grammar all the time. I have been working years to become able to read and write I don't need people to tell me that I am doing wrong all the time.
Rebekah 7 years ago
Whoever runs the Merriam-Webster social needs a raise. They're seriously awesome.
Esther Cohn 7 years ago
I tend to flex my grammar muscles on Facebook only about hateful comments like “your a libtard snowflake” or ungrammatical (and untruthful and unkind) comments about “Moochelle” or “Obummer.”
Julia Wolfe 7 years ago
Please stop using the term "Nazis" to refer to anyone but actual Nazis. It is disrespectful to the victims.
Steven Gordon 7 years ago
I never use "Nazi". I think Grammar Police is better. GP-Apple-5...5360fe.jpg
Alex Toumar 7 years ago
Not a huge deal, but the "guys" behind the Merriam-Webster twitter are famously a woman https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/a3wgbe/we-talked-to-the-genius-behind-the-viral-merriam-webster-twitter-account, so let's give credit to that very funny and astute lady
David Daisy May Boldock 7 years ago
American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a proper education can make magazine copy for ribbed condoms sound like the Magna God Damn Carta), but it has its own scruffy charm.
Malinda Washburn 7 years ago
I do like to correct people on their grammar and spelling. Though I do make sure I'm correct before I do. But can we stop using the term "Grammar Nazi"? I used to bear the title proudly, but considering recent events... I think it's time for a re-brand.
Derek McNeil 7 years ago
Mark Hamill has been one of my favourite actors, but him demonstrating that he knows the difference between "loose" and "lose" elevate him to the status of a god.
Sue Cugini 7 years ago
I wouldn't say I am a grammar nazi because I don't go around correcting people's grammar, particularly when I am not their English teacher. Having said that, I do think it's a sad commentary that so many people simply can't express themselves in relatively correct grammar. I am obviously not talking about people who have a learning disability or for whom English is a second language. Those errors are readily understandable. I am talking about individuals whose only language is English and they were educated in this country.
Glenn Palmer 7 years ago
What is 'relatively' correct grammar? Is that like being a little bit pregnant?
Load More Replies... Michael Morris 7 years ago
Homophones are my personal bugbear. I never correct anyone on them cause I'm so prone to making them, and in the end they don't really matter.
Blake Lemieux 7 years ago
I always correct certain people (that I know) when they say, "Me and my friends." and I'll reply, "my friends and I...." My English teacher was always on our asses to speak correctly so this stuck with me. So everytime I hear someone using "me and blah blah blah." I cringe a bit.
Terri Yamson-Almas 7 years ago
That's how you troll like a mega star!!!! Unless YOU'RE perfect in Grammar, it is strongly suggested that you keep YOUR nose out of other people's business, especially when YOU'RE wrong!!! Thank you Mark Hamill and Merriam Webster!!! You all totally KILLED me with this one!!! Like, TOTALLY killed me with it!! (Sorry, had to do that just to be ornery! :P)
Yugan Talovich 7 years ago
Grammar not relation, not grammar liked I, I consider you how say, all okay. Teacher criticized wrong, I no that call. (If you think grammar's not important, consider the above, written with a combination of Chinese and Tayal grammar. Do you understand it all?)
James Martin 7 years ago
Hamill was obviously correct. I can see why it might have taken a second. Obviously it was a second Ward did not take. I surmise it was a kneejerk, Pavlovian response to seeing a homophonic word. An assumption was made that any use of such a word would automatically be incorrect. Such an assumption is ill-advised. Though I have no evidence to suggest it, I wonder if Ward knew of Hamill's progressive leanings and thought he'd take down a liberal? Hopefully, it was just a mistake of grammar on his part.
David Daisy May Boldock 7 years ago
If you can't win an argument, correct their grammar instead.
Alex Paylor 7 years ago
If you can actually decipher their meaning, perhaps, but I have seen many posts in many places where the writer's intended point is hopeless to try to understand.
Load More Replies... Misterscooter 7 years ago
I'm a stickler for getting it correct myself but sometimes I'm just typing too fast and hit 'send.' I can't afford an editor for my comments yet.
Kate Greven 7 years ago
Actually, the author of this article committed a glaring grammar faux pas: The dreaded noun/pronoun mis-match...when referring to a single Grammar Nazi (which I capitalize, as I have an embroidered patch to prove it & take it as my title) the relating pronoun must also be singular. The author wrote: "But a grammar nazi should at least know when to pick their battles..." So, I'm picking this battle. The proper pronoun to use would be her battles, his battles , or even her/his battles (for those who are undecided or relate to both ?) You're welcome. And yes, I am indeed an English Instructor...so learn from this you should...
Kate Greven 7 years ago
Actually...if we're being all grammatically correct & everything here...the author of this article committed a glaring grammar faux pas. When a single Grammar Nazi is referred to, the proper pronoun(s) would be his/her...as in " But a grammar nazi should at least know when to pick their battles..." You're welcome. And yes, I am an English instructor.
Paula Marshall 7 years ago
I think people should quit using "Nazi" as if it's something about murdering ten million people for bad spelling. Yes, ten. Six million Jews, four million others.
Paula Marshall 7 years ago
I think people should stop using "Nazi" as an expression of people who correct English. The Nazis killed 6 million Jews and millions of others.
Nemanja Slavković 7 years ago
How is he a grammar nazi without knowing the basics of English grammar ? :D
Jorge Santos 7 years ago
To be fair that probably wasn't a grammar nazi. Looks more like an idiot who can't read and is too eager to correct everyone.
Tim Roof 7 years ago
I only suggest corrections on memes, not on everyday comments. Memes are larger and more noticeable than regular comments. I only have the meme maker's best interest at heart because I think meme spelling and grammar errors make them look foolish, but it's typically not received that way.
James Burton 7 years ago
Please do not compare a political group who murdered 6 million Europeans because of their race to someone who corrects your bad grammar.
Ronnie Dill Jr. 7 years ago
Wow, another b******t Story where somebody is trying to play intelligent but still the biggest idiot in the World. I'll pass. Remind's of some f****t a*s i know.
Janis Bass 7 years ago
I am a proofreader. I appreciate this post, however, I do object to the term “nazi” being used flippantly. It is a word with a lot of baggage to too many people.
adoracat 7 years ago
I cringe at some grammar usage. I'll read things and correct the grammar in my brain. On the other hand I am not taking the time to put my words out there, so I rarely correct people OTHER than my children when they were in school OR someone who has ASKED for my help in proof reading. Anything else is just being rude (in my opinion).
David Pugh 7 years ago
Grammar: the difference between ''knowing your s**t" and "knowing you're s**t".
Melissa Huitt 7 years ago
Dear Bored Panda: L.L. McKinney was making a Yoda joke, not trying to correct Merriam Webster...
Aaron Page 7 years ago
when it comes to words that change their meaning then sure, but if you understand the meaning of the message regardless of the grammar correcting people just makes you look like a d**k
Suzanne Goolsby 7 years ago
Best grammar thread in a long time! Screenshot that conversation for a smiley opener to a high school grammar session!
Gadsden Ford 7 years ago
You're can also be a contraction of You were. "You're supposed to do the dishes last night." Although, the thread is quite comedic.
Merijo Dietrich 7 years ago
illiteracy has always been a problem , in America anyway. texting and internet messaging and Facebook has people reading and writing more than ever, reading is good. writing is good. lets let the teachers do the grading. imagine a kid called out by someone with low self esteem who points out every little grammar or spelling error so every one makes them grand fungu ruler of plural possessives meanwhile kid correct is to embarrassed to join his friends on-line. now he is the creepy guy who watches from afar and they all will say. he was always nice, a quite guy..... hope your happy
Roger Miles 7 years ago
I will butcher this just to p**s them off. There is no room for grammar corrections ever. It’s just a sure fire sign that you need a life.
Laura Sayer 7 years ago
I am sad to say that there are way too many grammar-ignorant people. What irritates me the most is when you point out the mistake and they don't fix it.
Eva van Loon 7 years ago
#4: "grammar nazi or not!" is a dangling modifier--it has no noun or pronoun to hang onto!
Eva van Loon 7 years ago
Giedre needs a grammar nazi. #1: "But a grammar nazi should at least know when to pick their battles, and provoke people with persnickety corrections only when absolutely sure that they are correct themselves." Try pluralizing *a grammar nazi* to *grammar nazis* to make the verbs and pronouns parallel. #2: "After shooting off an adorable tweet about his Star Wars co-star Kelly Marie Tran, full of love and praise for her performance in the film, the grammar nazi struck with the classic your/you’re correction." Huh? The grammar nazi has a co-star? The pronoun *his* can refer only to the subject of the sentence, i.e., the grammar nazi, a person very unlikely to have had a co-star. Did grammar nazi mean *his* to relate to Mark? Possibly, but it doesn't work in English this way. You can't just grab the odd pronoun out of the galaxy and shove it in any old place. Alert! Incoming misplaced modifier! #3: Somebody ran out of commas. "up his sleeve however," should be *up his sleeve, however,*.
Michael Rochen 7 years ago
In the words of that great American philosopher, Larry the Cable Guy, "That's funny, right there!!!"
Karen Klinck 7 years ago
I just think the whole thing's hilarious! (And while you're giving lessons, Mark, let's cover the to, too, and two conundrum, please.)
Sébastien Topping 7 years ago
Yo, Giedré? Good used of the word Nazi, huh? Please, educate yourself and stop using this f*****g word every time you think it's appropriate.
Glenn Palmer 7 years ago
Anyone who accuses a person who writes ****you’re***** of being a grammar Nazi is either being ironic or is confusing bad spelling with poor grammar. Any grammar Nazi worth his salt will have picked up that Hamill’s sentence is either missing a conjunction after #TheLastJedi or a verb before the word ‘goofy’, depending on whether he’s giving two or three reasons for shouting out to KMT.
Chicago Guitar 7 years ago
Correcting grammar is a way of asserting superiority. It is an insecure display of contempt that is rarely appropriate. Therefore-- "As a paid-up member of the grammar nazi club, I have disdain for native English speakers who mangle basic words and sentences online." Glass houses and stones are rarely in short supply.
Lino Jakobsen 7 years ago
I would not correct someone's grammar on the Internet. But when I see a text with ridiculously bad grammar, where you cannot tell instantly if the writer means "there" or "the're", usually also without captials and interpunctuation, I simply do not read on. It slows down reading immensely. Why should I give foxtrot uniform charlie kilo? Why should I waste my time? When foreigners can learn it, one would expect that a native speaker could too.
Bill Miller 7 years ago
As an English major and former copy-desk editor, I'm a proud grammar nazi. That said, consider: "After shooting off an adorable tweet about his Star Wars co-star Kelly Marie Tran, full of love and praise for her performance in the film, the grammar nazi struck with the classic your/you’re correction." Bad sentence! Bad! Who shot off the tweet, Hamill or the grammar nazi? Easy to rewrite: "After Hamill shot off the tweet, the grammar nazi struck." Ten points off.
Elizabeth Duval 7 years ago
Or "a grammar nazi struck with the classic your/you're correction"
Load More Replies... Patrick McKenna 7 years ago
I give a lot of leeway since the digital world. I often don't punctuate or capitalize, but I know when it's proper. I will for business. twitter, chat and facebook? I am very lax. best not to correct another in those forums. imo.
Linda Hobart 7 years ago
Most of you have been amusing!its fun to see all of you who have the same sort of irritations that I do with grammar and verb tense etcetera. Thanks let's pick it up on some other irritating thing soon. Have a great Friday night all y'all.
Kristel 7 years ago
I am kind of a grammar nazi, but here on BP, most of the times I keep it to myself. I think it is horrible that so many people type the wrong words when English is their native language. It is not even my native language, and if I wanted to, I could correct so many people on their grammar! I may make some mistakes myself. I guess most of my mistakes would be in the order of sentences. But, only if you take it very seriously. As I said. English is not my first language. And I would never make mistakes like your/you're, their/there/they're and to/too. And many more grammar mistakes. While I see so many people with English as their native language making these mistakes. Pretty annoying!
Kristel 7 years ago
The only thing I really have difficulties with, is when to use who and when to use whom. I still do not get this. Is there someone here who can explain this easily and short?
Load More Replies... Ro Pernelli 7 years ago
Is it asking too much that the author of an article about grammar nazism would her/himself use proper grammar? Apparently so, to wit: "...But 'a' grammar nazi should at least know when to pick 'their battles'..." See, "nazi" is singluar in this sentence, whereas "their" is plural. The correct sentence should read either: "...But grammar 'nazis' should at least know when to pick 'their' battles..." OR "...But 'a' grammar nazi should at least know when to pick 'her or his' battles..." Jus sayin'.
Kim Hunt 7 years ago
The use of singular they/their: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/he-or-she-versus-they
Load More Replies... Alex Paylor 7 years ago
I tend to be a bit of a grammar Nazi as well, but I try to be very sure what I am correcting needs correcting. Trump supporters really keep me busy. In this case, the GN made a complete fool of himself. Perhaps you should make sure to read the post twice to ensure what you thought was a mistake or an unknowing grammatical error is actually that. It is pretty obvious what Mark Hamill meant and the word you so smugly "Corrected" was, in fact, correct. Ward A Allen, you got what you deserved. Internet derision. I trust you have the shame to admit your grammatical error.
Sarah Downes 7 years ago
That was beautiful.. Absolutely loved this. I am a grammar geek and that was well played.. Perfection I'd say. Lol lol
Mariusz Bąbik 7 years ago
Anyway, it should be: ...your, more than brillant, performance... With two commas, I think.
Lino Jakobsen 7 years ago
I would not correct someone's grammar on the Internet. But when I see a text with ridiculously bad grammar, where you cannot tell instantly if the writer means "there" or "the're", usually also without captials and interpunctuation, I simply do not read on. It slows down reading immensely. Why should I give foxtrot uniform charlie kilo? Why should I waste my time?
Jacques Lacroix 7 years ago
I don't know how you will calling me for this comment, BUT. Grammar nazi is kind of disrespectful for those who suffered under the nazi regime. Why not Grammar geeks? Truer and more respectful don't you think?
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SexyEggPlant 7 years ago
its annoying that people go out of their way to correct something so unnecessary. its the internet not an english paper
Here to Troll 7 years ago
It's always okay when you're the one doing it, right SexyEggPlant? Then you can just make up excuses about why it's a totally different situation now that you're involved.
Load More Replies... SexyEggPlant 7 years ago
people who correct youre and your are the most annoying people out there! people who correct spelling are grammar THAT NEEDS to be corrected are fine but seriously youre and your? to hell with it!
Johnny Slapstick 7 years ago
That should be "People who correct spelling or grammar THAT NEEDS..." ;)
Load More Replies... Israel Martinez 7 years ago
To be fair, "more than brilliant" should have been hyphenated, but even the respondent should have been aware of how the sentence was structured ... at the very least, that person should have read it aloud before commenting ...
Wanda Juul 7 years ago
I think I would have written your more-than-brilliant performance--the hyphens gather the three words into one adjective, makes reading a little easier.
Tandy Byrd 7 years ago
Alas, no one thinks of the poor hyphen anymore. If you really want to be pedantic, there IS an error. It should be “more-than-brilliant....”
Johnny Slapstick 7 years ago
I'd rather correct the other part of the tweet... He's just being a super nice guy. Her performance was pretty awful. However, part of that was due to the awful script she was given.
Aahzmandus Pervect 7 years ago
You obviously didn't bother to read the entire post.
Load More Replies... Bored Fox 7 years ago
Sometimes the grammar nazis are useful because some people write so terrible English that it is very difficult to understand. I am not a native English speaker so the grammar nazis have sometimes helped me to understand what someone is trying to write. Usually the people who write the worst English online are native English speakers.
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