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I've been noticing it for quite some time. From snide comments people make...from the fear in their eyes when they talk near me...how some of them even look hopeful until I crush their little hopes by stating every grammar mistake they make.
I'm turning into a Grammar Nazi. (Portuguese grammar, of course)
It's a bad thing to be, I know, but I seem to slide more and more down the slope. I guess it's sort of caused by my job (Portuguese Teacher), but I'm having trouble leaving it in the classroom.
Of course, I tried to avoid correcting people, but than comes this...craving. How do you fight your Grammar-Naziness?
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I have this problem too, of course, and if I can ever get to the point of authentic and sincere interaction with everyone I meet, I don't think it will be a problem. I've tried to limit myself to corrections where the grammar/spelling mistake really causes miscommunication.
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My dad needs you, Eduardo. He is in Peru right now, but for some reason they are teaching him Spanish along with Portuguese. He stumbles along fairly well in Spanish, but he's terrible at Portuguese. He has a tutor come, but he can't seem to get it.
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When I first came here, I mentally was a Grammar Nazi. I couldn't stand it when people made misspellings or grammatical errors. But then I made several of my own, clear up to the point of calling Tom & Christy's baby an "alien life form" or some other such faux pas and suddenly I became much less critical of others. Because when you are typing in a hurry, lots of things can come out that aren't intended or meant.
You must be grateful for the computer, then. For some reason, I spell much better in writing than in typing. Most of my spelling errors on Hatrack are caused by typos rather than actual ignorance of the spelling of a word.
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There were a few errors that used to leap out of the page at me -- there vs. they're, your vs. you're, two vs. to vs. too, good vs. well, etc.. I mean, didn't people learn about that in elementary school?
Then I started posting regularly at hatrack, and I noticed that I somehow make those same mistakes, even though I am very much aware of the correct way to do it. I was apalled at myself.
I wonder if it comes from becoming more relaxed in my hatrack conversations, making it more like a spoken conversation than a formal report.
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