Where the hell is Grandpa?
I just see some fruity looking young guy, and a woman.
On the other hand, it could be the literate losing patience with the illiterate, the lazy and the ignorant - which is as it should be.
The thread’s title should hava a period at the end.
What is the name of the illness suffered by people who invent acronyms?
Eats shoots and leaves.
” The discovery of this gene,alongside new evidence from fMRI scans of brains exposed to real-time grammatical errors,has led some scientists to predict that soon we may be able to find a cure for GPS,for many sufferers a debilitating,off-putting, sociopathic syndrome.”
Ohhh horseee puckee ...
Given that more and more people are unable to spell or speak properly anymore, I’d have to question the timing and real motive of the story.
I find basic errors of spelling and grammar in major newspapers on a regular basis. Do they even have copy editors anymore? If they do, do the copy editors take any pride in their work?
I routinely correct spelling errors on the fluoxetine prescriptions the doctor gives me. Also double and triple check the dosage.
Really?
Grammar incompetents may have ADD.
So?
There’s a sociopath in the White House, and these researchers are worried about Grammar Pedantry?
Great! An excuse to make a mistook!
On the subject my husband is NOT a grammar corrector. But he does have both obsessive-compulsive disorder/oppositional defiant disorder (OCD/ODD) and both can be annoying especially the oppositional defiance disorder. The OCD makes him super conscientious and I really appreciate that. I have a little OCD myself. So I while I am not as bad, I do have empathy for his anxieties.
I have CDO. It’s like OCD except the letters are in the correct order.
Or maybe it’s because we are resentful of those who use incorrect grammar and spelling because it is compromising American culture and heritage. I’ve read criticism by people here at FR complaining about Black people who use Ebonics—FReepers who can barely write a clear, concise English sentence as they write their criticisms—I think the former are the Homer Simpsons of America.
So, we could have a form of OCD. We could have grammar pedantry syndrome or oppositional defiant disorder.
Or we could just be conservative traditionalists who hate to see this rich, beautiful, powerful language and the culture it represents consistently degraded by the victims of the government school system. We could see the erosion of literacy as symptomatic of a general decay in society and a loss of respect for the values of the past. We could just think these researchers are morons.
Frankly, I could care less is my advise!
I suffer from Grammatical Pedantry Syndrome (GPS). I object to the use of ‘there” to mean “their” or “they’re,” and I refuse to use words such as “prequel” (the correct term is “antecedent” or “precursor”).