Sometimes it’s “Who!”

Oh no, not this topic. No

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Its time to talk about grammar. And because of this I thought I’d do a very ironic and irritating thing like hide bits of bad grammar throughout my post (Although, you may argue that my other posts are like that unintentionally) But just humor me.

Why can grammar be such a frustrating expletive? Why is it important?

Lettuce start off with what grammar is with its stuffy textbook definition-

gram·mar

ˈɡramər/

noun

1. the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.

Okay, there are a lot of big words their basically saying that we need a system of communication that we can all understand. If we didnt have rules to govern our way of expressing ourselves we would be frustrated and confused and do things like eat grandma instead of eat with grandma.

 (okay, there were a lot of photo examples of this but I had to use this one. how funny is her smug look?)

I am all for proper grammer and I am quick to punish people with my glaring thoughts and evil eyes when i catch them in the heinous act of misusing there/their/they’re, but when it comes to my own work, I tend to be a bit more lazy and, “whatever man” about it. I would characterize myself as a grammar hitler because i get my grammar nazis to do all the work for me…

When is grammar not so important? Well, of course if you are progressive and modern you don’t capitalize or use periods and you use bad grammar as a statement. Also, proper grammar etiquette changes when you move through different environments. Do you talk much different at a gala than you do at your family reunion?

what if we become grammarchists? We are smart. We can basically get an understanding of what someone is saying even if they’re comma splices pimple up a sentence.

Personally, there is a sense of security and freedom with our grammar rules. And since I am a quiet individual- it is important that I can be well understood in my writing. I also want my writing to be respected- a few grammar mistakes won’t ruin you, but a chronic lapse shows immaturity in the writing world.

There are a few places that I believe you can lose your grammar robotics- casual conversations with friends and family, portraying a character in their unique dialogue, and certain poems (For example if you make non-grammar rules in a poem keep those rules for that entire poem-so I guess technically your non-grammar rule became a grammar rule.)

Sometimes the rules aren’t so bad-it is the people who enforce them. Let me just leave this gem here 🙂

 

Oh, God help me. To many funny grammar pictures.

Creepy

The IT Crowd is hilarious. Go watch it now.

This is the best one baha.