I thought this video was funny. While correcting Hitler's grammar in a crisis situation may be a bit of an exaggeration, it made me think about how distracting poor grammar can be. When I am having a conversation with a friend, I sometimes find myself distracted if they choose to say "good" rather than "well." I know that no one can speak perfect English, and there are probably errors in this post. Although grammatical errors are unavoidable, they certainly are distracting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fbrUjjivw
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I am the exact same way with the word irregardless, which I don't think is necessarily incorrect, but my eyes just glaze over and I can't focus whether it be an important meeting with a manager, or in a lecture class. Something about it just rubs me the wrong way and makes me think that the person saying that is stuck up and trying to sound smarter than they actually are.
As a lover of grammar and Taratino films, I'd suggest this video for further exploration into the "Grammar Nazi" subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vf8N6GpdM&feature=fvwrel
As a lot of people have said, we as English or Journalism majors are probably hypersensitive to the prescriptive rules of grammar. My take on it is that we shouldn't police spoken word, but enforcing certain norms to keep written communication coherent is vital.
Looking at this, I can't help but think about everytime I send a text message on my phone. It's one of those things that I feel I have to do correctly everytime I send it, no matter who it is to. I mean, being a journalism major, I invoke that from the way I write.
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