The Strike of the Grammar Nazi

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I am one of the world's most prolific Grammar Nazis. Whenever I see a mis-spelling of any word, missing punctuation or even just as simple as not putting capital letters on proper nouns, I flip my sheiße. Some of the most common mistakes are here

"hello there alice" said george "what do u want bastardised potatoe" "i dont know"

Spotted them?

NEW. SPEAKER. NEW. LINE.

Not capitalising the 'I' pronoun

Text talk should NEVER be used in day-to-day speech

Lack of apostrophes ( ' )

Limited usage of commas ( , ) and other basic punctuation

Over useage of simple sentences (the cat sat on the mat. I am dying. )

That squiggly line of which there is no point in using unless you for some reason want to make speech sound more seductive ( " Oh.," exclaimed Frederick, a hint of seduction playing around, voice one octave lower, "What have we here? I am pleased by this my dear~" )

Other currencies used in one country ( Setting: Edinburgh ( "That costs $12.50"))

Authour Notes, Need I elaborate on this point?

When the English spelling is used and, because of this, people get narked at you
( neighbor and neighbour)

Cockney rhyming slang. I use this all the time, but the unfortunate thing is that whenever you use it, nobody; with the exception of white Englishfolk have no clue as to what you are expressing.

Would you Adam and Eve it?
( Would you beleive it?)


On a side note, don't use Google translate. It usually is far from accurate.

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⏰ Last updated: Feb 02, 2019 ⏰

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