The Book of Random

[10] Grammar

This isn't directed to anyone in particular, just to let you know.

Omfg I hate this.

I mean, I really don't mind if you have a mistake here and there. But, gosh darn it, people, if I can't understand what the fuck I'm reading, there's a serious problem.

There are people that don't edit their chapters, and honestly, if you say at the beginning, "unedited," then I will expect there to be a few mistakes. Even when people don't edit, there usually isn't even that many mistakes!

I need people to realise the proper forms of "there" and "your" to use. So, here. A grammar lesson:

There: The dog is over there. (to describe where something is)

Their: Their dog is really smart. (possession)

They're: They are. (self-explanatory)

Your: Possession.

You're: You are. That's it. Not, "You're cat is fat." That is saying "You are cat is fat." And dafuq does that mean? Exactly.

I have literally read a book that every time they wrote Niall down, it said Naill. Oh my fucking gosh. I get it, it was probably autocorrect. But how the hell did you never notice it? Damn. Just reread your chapter before you post it. Naill. Ugh.

Another thing. Periods and question marks. People don't know how to use either.

People kill me when they don't put in a period. Especially at the ends of paragraphs, they always seem to forget. I'm not talking once in a blue moon. I'm talking every single fucking paragraph. Omfg.

Question marks. I don't know if some children never learned what they were or what, but some people just refuse to use them. Here's an example:

"What are we gonna do." Kate asked Kevin.
Kevin shook his head. "What do you think we should do."
"I think you should decide."
"Why." Kevin looked confused.
Kate shrugged. "I trust your judgement."
Kevin laughed. "Why the hell would you do that."
"I have no idea." Kate laughed too.

I think you get the picture. Point is, it's fucking annoying.

And why, oh why, don't people use commas? When else are the fucking characters going to breath? Example:

Harry has brown curly hair green eyes and dimples in both cheeks. Niall is Irish has brown hair that he dyes blond and beautiful blue eyes. Louis has straight brown hair and blue eyes but doesn't have dimples. Zayn has dark brown hair that used to be dyed blond in the front that he used to always put in a quiff but now he has it shorter. He has dark brown eyes and Liam has brown eyes too but they're not dark like Zayn's. He has straight brown hair like Louis.

Get it? Irritating as hell, am I right? Yep.

I also hate it when a fanfic has really shitty grammar, lacking all of the points I've talked about, and has 19362 votes and 18372 comments saying how amazing the book is. Like, how tf can you even enjoy the story with grammar like that?

I work my ass off on my fanfic, making sure that my grammar is perfect, and I have barely any reads, let alone votes, and barely any comments. What is this logic? I mean, if you can call it that.

I seriously remove stories from my library that have terrible grammar. I just can't take it, sorry not sorry.

I'm not bragging, please understand that, but I'm in honors English. I have had it implanted into my brain that you have to proofread everything. That's why bad grammar has me so pissed off.

And I understand that nobody's perfect, and I'm sure I make mistakes here and there.

Here's what I do. I write it first in my notes, because it's always a good idea to back up your writing anyway. Then, I copy and paste onto Wattpad, and edit it there. Then, I publish it. I'm not saying you should sit there rereading your posts a million times. Just give it a once over, yeah? Please. I'm begging you.

So, that's the rant. To explain the examples, I honestly have no idea, haha. I hope a lot of you could relate to this and I'm not just preaching to the choir, or whatever the saying is.

Comment your thoughts on the topic. Thanks, lovelies! :)