How much of a Grammar Nazi are you?

[Doppelgaanger]

If it's something practically unnoticeable, I'm bound to notice... Like the difference between among and between. But I can't usually tell the difference, especially in the below sentence:

"It was hard to choose among/between all of the fine entries..."

It's supposed to be among, but it just sounds weird.  

[lost_silme]

I usually do not correct other's mistakes only because I do not have to actually think about translating text talk to do it. Bit I digress, sometimes, only for the big mistakes, I do correct others.  

[Professor Armitage]

I'm an Obsessive-Compulsive English teacher, so naturally I am a grammar Nazi. smile

I do, however, broach the subject cautiously. I encourage others to improve themselves, because their dialect does get on my nerves, and it often misrepresents intelligent people as uneducated imbeciles; but I choose to do it in a helping way, considering that if I were to rain down upon them like a hail of flaming debris, it would send them scurrying, and they would not learn anything from the endeavor.

Except, of course, the value of running and hiding.  

[Xailyne]

I make sure everyone is aware that I am a Grammar Nazi, but I don't usually correct anyone, particularly because they always roll their eyes at me and don't listen. However, there are some mistakes that just drive me up the wall, like the word (and I use that term loosely) "stupider." Once I see someone write or hear someone say that, I completely flip out.  

[Sorinchako]

I tend to correct people a lot, but I'm only a Nazi about it when the mistakes are huge.

The only acception I really make are for my friends, I want to go easy on them, and people who have learned English as a second language. English is NOT as easy as we pan it out to be for those poor people.  

[nessa7]

suscha

I tend to correct people in real life far more than online.
People in the real world know me and can handle my annoying tendencies better than some poor soul on an online forum. xD

The other day my friend was talking about some guy and referred to him as "the most ugliest guy in the world."
I just stared at her and said, "Please, rephrase that."
She gave me a puzzled look. "What, don't you think he's ugly?"


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I, like you, correct people in real life too. I don't mind reading "Txt-tlk" since I can't do anything about it. My classmates can be somewhat annoyed whenever I correct them, but who wouldn't be?  

[Solly-wolly]

Not very many people see what "txt-talk" is doing to the youth of the world.  

[s3kShUn8]

A lot of grammar errors pisses me off, especially if all the errors are barely readable.

One time when I was wandering around the Q&A, looking to give some help when I came across a total newbie who asked, "1dk, wg0 but 1 n33d h3lp w/ FrX" <-I don't what's going on but I need help with Firefox." I had to look it up the terms, "wgo and FrX" on Wikipedia to see what he meant. stressed  

[SuperDuperRockLee]

I constantly correct other's grammar. Once I even corrected my English teacher. sweatdrop  

[Kunoichi21]

For me, it really depends on the severity of the mistake and sometimes how well I know someone. If they're a complete stranger, then I'll tell them whatever the mistake is, however, I'm less likely to point it out to a friend. Mostly when I correct people in real life, it's with pronouncing things. You should hear some of the people in my history class when we read from the books (which is rare). One girl kept saying Prussia like Proo-shah, even after she was corrected several times. Also, when someone else was reading, he couldn't go for more than 14 seconds without having trouble saying something, which led to me reading that word for him so he could continue. It's pure torture!  

[soupyeh]

I gently tell the person the grammar mistake and how they can fix it.  

[Mikhalia]

Simple typos I'll tend to ignore if they're infrequent. Repeated typos I'll always point out. Switched words (your/you're, where/were, their/they're/there) I'll almost always point out. Improper verb conjugation I'll usually point out unless the person isn't a native English speaker. Exessive punctuation (Hi!!!! or What????) I'll always point out unless it's warranted (rarely). Incorrect punctuation (a semicolon where a colon should be) I may or may not point out, with the exclusion of missing punctuation (wont, cant, dont). Only exception when I won't point out a missing apostrophe is when I know the person is on a mobile device.

My tone when pointing out an error usually depends on a combination of my mode and the number of offenses in a short timeframe. One or two mistakes and I'll be polite; a two paragraph long post with 40 of them I'll usually flame the person.  

[Neko-chan101]

I generally just ignore people's errors. If they don't know how to write properly, I assume that they have nothing useful to say and simply move on.  

[Tric A Smile]

I'm pretty bad. I notice the little things and the big things. I correct sometimes, sometimes not. It just depends on my mood. I always notice a grammar error, but don't always comment upon it. Like I said, it just depends.