# Grammar nerds **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005 "2019-01-04T17:17:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dalex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dalex/32/43290_2.png) [@Dalex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dalex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/1 "2019-01-04T17:17:54Z")
This is a topic where you can talk with other grammar freaks about their encounters with bad grammar, share any grammar jokes you know, drive others crazy with there bad grammar/spelling/whatever, and talk about grammar in general. So allow me to go first! I have a pet peeve with bad grammar, punctuation, spelling, or failure to capitalize the word “i”. It might be because I’m homeschooled, but I’ve found that I have some of the bestest grammar ever, so I have a hard time handling anything inferior to my most good grammar. :wink: ![image1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/8/4/284134576fb777374d1ac8588fd2ebfffe642c85.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YoYoExpertGarrett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoexpertgarrett/32/1543_2.png) [@YoYoExpertGarrett](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoYoExpertGarrett)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/2 "2019-01-04T17:27:34Z")
> [@Dalex](#): > > drive others crazy with **there** bad grammar/spelling/whatever You trolling us? ---
**Author:** ![Dalex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dalex/32/43290_2.png) [@Dalex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dalex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/3 "2019-01-04T17:28:27Z")
You caught it! That’s the most common mistake I see. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/4 "2019-01-04T17:30:24Z")
Probably about even with “then” and “than”. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/5 "2019-01-04T17:38:45Z")
Most people write in the same manner in which they speak. It’s refreshing when once or twice a week I speak to someone that is able to string together lucid thoughts in a comprehensible manner. ---
**Author:** ![Dalex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dalex/32/43290_2.png) [@Dalex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dalex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/6 "2019-01-04T17:41:03Z")
I agree. I also find it hard to not speak in the same manner in which I write. ---
**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/7 "2019-01-04T17:53:47Z")
I must correct anyone who does not use ‘whom’ when necessary!! ---
**Author:** ![Dalex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dalex/32/43290_2.png) [@Dalex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dalex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/8 "2019-01-04T18:05:40Z")
Oh man. I have sometimes have trouble with that one. The only two rules I know for that are as follows: Rule 1: You use “whom” when its the object of a preposition Rule 2: If you can insert “he” or “they” and the sentence makes sense, then you use the word “who”. If it doesn’t make sense, use “whom”. For instance, “(Who/Whom) is that for?” You would put: “He is that for?” and “They is that for?” Both don’t make sense so, “Whom is that for?” is correct. Another example: “(Who/Whom) is coming with me?” Put in “he” and “they” and you get, “He is coming with me” and “They is coming with me” “He” works, so “Who is coming with me?” is correct. All of those quotation marks are making my head swim. :joy: ---
**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/9 "2019-01-04T18:09:13Z")
What I do is just think of the sentence, replacing ‘who’ or ‘whom’ with the pronoun. If the question is ‘with who/whom are you going?’, you would reply with him/her, so it’s whom. If you reply with he/she, it’s him. Simple! On another note, I also don’t like it when prepositions are left at the end of sentences. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Dalex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dalex/32/43290_2.png) [@Dalex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dalex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/10 "2019-01-04T18:11:50Z")
Haha! I just remembered this joke. It’s one of my friend’s favorites: Two scientists walk into a bar. The first says, “I’ll have H2O.” The second says, “I’ll have H2O too.” The second one died. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/11 "2019-01-04T18:42:38Z")
I once did a bad bind and hit myself in my dangling participle. ---
**Author:** ![Z\_Car](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/z_car/32/72879_2.png) [@Z\_Car](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Z_Car)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/12 "2019-01-04T19:06:07Z")
I honestly find it offensive to be corrected for poor grammar. Being less educated doesn’t make my opinions any less valid. ---
**Author:** ![threebearrries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/threebearrries/32/42073_2.png) [@threebearrries](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/threebearrries)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/13 "2019-01-04T19:19:32Z")
Agree with the last part. I only correct the grammar of people to whom I’m close as a joke. Bad grammar hardly ever gets in the way clarity. ---
**Author:** ![photogeek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/photogeek/32/41072_2.png) [@photogeek](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/photogeek)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/14 "2019-01-04T19:25:52Z")
Clarity is more important to me than grammar. Generally, I view slamming on people for making grammatical/spelling mistakes as one of the lowest forms of internet “gotchas”. It’s just weak. This is particularly true when someone is communicating in something other than their native language. Mocking someone who is speaking a second language for their poor grammar/spelling is complete lamesauce, particularly when those doing the mocking can only speak one language. I’d much rather have someone say something interesting in broken English or txt speak than write a whole lot of stupid nothing in perfect King’s English. ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/15 "2019-01-04T19:28:34Z")
To and too ---
**Author:** ![Dalex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dalex/32/43290_2.png) [@Dalex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dalex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/16 "2019-01-04T19:28:43Z")
I understand the cases where you may be speaking in a second language. But it seems careless when people use bad grammar. ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/17 "2019-01-04T19:30:57Z")
And also when people don’t use proper capitalization and punctuation ---
**Author:** ![stevejspins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@stevejspins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stevejspins)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/18 "2019-01-04T19:53:37Z")
Some of my peeves: Overuse of the word “literally.” At “this point in time.” - What else is it, space? A lack of understanding how to use the words irony or ironic. “Technically” this or that. ---
**Author:** ![Dalex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dalex/32/43290_2.png) [@Dalex](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Dalex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/19 "2019-01-04T21:45:44Z")
My dad gets annoyed when people say “honestly” or “in my honest opinion” because it implies that they _aren’t_ telling the truth any other time. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005/20 "2019-01-04T22:54:52Z")
I never correct anyone. We’re just joking around. Grammar - correct or incorrect is not an accurate way to determine intelligience. I make enough mistakes myself. I hope no one goes all necro on me and digs through my posts. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/grammar-nerds/297005.md?page=2)