23 Replies to “Grammar Nazi”

  4. What can I say? We Nazis love uniforms and hooks with labels, etc, but who says we can’t laugh at ourselves too! A softer, kinder Nazi for the 21st century: Anti-Racist Hitler.

  7. Ve haf vays of making you spell!
    I noticed that they declare themselves to be a “National Socialist” party, therefore they’re right wing according to MSNBC.

  10. Wow, those guys really do exist.
    People, on occasion, will make mistakes. However, when there are glaring errors (like “it’s” when one means “its”, there/their/they’re, incorrect or no capitalisation, a shocking lack of punctuation and so on), people really should be ashamed of themselves.
    Why aren’t grammar and proper spelling taught anymore?
    RobP, brilliant. I hate those Illinois Nazis.

  11. NEXT THING YOU KNOW PEOPLE WILL BE COMPLAINING ABOUT TYPING IN UPPER CASE AND DOUBLE SPACING.

  12. “It really isn’t that difficult to use correct spelling and grammar. Be professional and disciplined in everything that you do.”
    Edited for more better.
    *I’m feeling some white pride right now!*

  13. Actually, its/it’s is the one mistake I don’t harp on people for, considering how many times what’s considered ‘correct’ has switched back and forth over just the last couple of centuries.
    Read Thomas Jefferson’s (among others) correspondence, for example, and you find that every instance of the possessive form is it’s, and vice versa.
    There’s an argument to be made about conforming to what’s generally considered correct at the moment, but you never know where they were educated or what they were taught. Many of the absurdities in the English language can be traced to the regional spelling differences before the printing press, after all.

  14. I have been known to omit the apostrophe in the word ‘its’. I’m of the crowd who believe the apostrophe is redundant, as the meaning of the word becomes obvious in the context of the sentence. I know, it’s not proper, but its accepted in certain circles so I’m told. jmo

  15. Yeah well, I recall my Grade 1 or 2, speller specified it was aeroplane, areoport, and my spell check has a hissy fit…..but then it also freaks out when I spell colour, armour…..
    Remember the original Nazis had their uniforms designed by Hugo Boss….image is everything.
    I recall the official appraisal (British) of the first Tiger Tank captured…..beautifully made….but a waste of time.

  16. There are standards for the English language, however. As much as it gripes me that people are just plain ignorant of these standards, it really fries me when people think they are above them because they hate the Man or whatever.

  17. When communicating verbally a little spittle spraying the front row is acceptable.But when writing, let’s get those commas right!

  18. Well, that will sure as hell bring their recruiting drive to a grinding halt. Bernie Farber, Warren Kinsella and our police hate crimes units might have to find real threats now.

  19. sasquatch “I recall the official appraisal (British) of the first Tiger Tank captured…..beautifully made….but a waste of time.”
    Uuuh Eeem!
    The UK never actually developed a successful tank in WWII. They used American Shermans (Ronsons) and lost what? 10 to 1 or 5 to 1 against Tigers.

  21. The grammar Nazi Party.I knew they existed since since AOL. I’ve meet so many in 19 years online. (O:}

  22. “We could handle the volume in the gas chambers, it was the disposal of the bodies that was the largest bottleneck” – Those crazy Nazis and their priorities!

  23. My point was that the standard for its/it’s has changed with such regularity that it isn’t inconceivable that some people have simply been taught an opposing standard.
    Whether it would be unfair to label that standard as incorrect is another argument entirely, and one I’m not making 🙂

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