Grammar - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/grammar en Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:00:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Why Grammar Nazis Need to STFU ]]>

There’s nothing cute about desperately clinging to the finer nits of adverb use and misuse, and there’s nothing noble about publicly shaming people for grammatical gaffes and typos.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/stfu-grammar-nazis http://www.xojane.com/issues/stfu-grammar-nazis Issues Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:00:00 -0400 Sarah Brown <![CDATA["But You're RUINING The Language!"; Grammar Nazis Are Kind of Jerkfaces, Plus A Few Tips]]>

If grammar never changed, English speakers would still be kicking it Shakespeare style. FORSOOTH, that would probs suck. Plus, a coupla tips from me to you.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/fun/but-you-are-ruining-the-language-grammar-nazis-are-kind-of-jerkfaces http://www.xojane.com/fun/but-you-are-ruining-the-language-grammar-nazis-are-kind-of-jerkfaces Fun Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:00:00 -0500 Marianne <![CDATA[The xoJane Punctuation Wars: You Will Pry My Oxford Comma From My Cold, Dead Hands]]>

As any editor can tell you, writers are willful and mercurial creatures who rarely, if ever, pay any attention to editorial mandates.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/fun/xojane-punctuation-wars-you-will-pry-my-oxford-comma-my-cold-dead-hands http://www.xojane.com/fun/xojane-punctuation-wars-you-will-pry-my-oxford-comma-my-cold-dead-hands Fun Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:00:27 -0400 s.e. smith