Grammar Nazi

Oh my God.

So, according to my linguistics grade, my deep understanding of grammar is not that great. I understand the basics and how to write well enough to produce an A+ paper for English class. But with the rise of social media and text language, I'm learning how to tolerate bad spelling and grammar usage.

BUT COME ON
Some stuff I get. Changing "love" to "luv" or whatever. Shortening words when you text or chat. The "LOL" and "BTW" stuff. I get that.

But common, everyday words that you just screw up because you honestly don't know any better? It's starting to worry me, America. It's starting to make me think that in fifteen years, our books will look like this:

And then i was with a women whose not lyk special or anythin shes jus lyk this girll omg lyk this girll whose gonna come wit me to the show or w/e. yea i knoooooooooo


This is how our children will learn how to read.

I'm going to start making lists of words that SHOULD NOT be part of chat or text language that people screw up daily.
I was just on Facebook and someone said "I'm in Muncie. WHOSE HERE?"
THAT'S INCORRECT.
YOU ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR WHO'S? AS IN WHO IS HERE? THE CONJUNCTION FORM, PUTTING TWO SEPARATE WORDS INTO ONE WORD, NOT WHOSE, WHO'S. WHOSE would identify the ownership of "here". Whose HERE IS THIS? IS THIS SOMEONE'S HERE?

And of course, people using women instead of woman. I see this a lot. "She's such a nice women."
So this person is, in fact, plural? I understand how someone can have a lot of sides to them, but I don't think that makes them more than ONE PERSON.
IT'S WOMAN. She's a nice WOMAN.

I could go on another rant of "their, there and they're" but I won't, because everyone else has beat me to it. You'd think that after so many people have taken that argument and screamed it out for the world to see, the world would SEE IT and LEARN IT.

And the "to" and "too" argument.

I just.

I just want America to not...

I thought writing in a blog was supposed to make you feel better?