Grammar rules, OK!

By Anonymous - 21/09/2011 12:11 - United States

Today, my new boss lost his shit and flew into a ten minute rant against me about the "value of respect". He told me that if I wanted to stay in "his" company, I'd best start toeing the line. All this because I corrected his misuse of "your" and "you're" in one of his memos. FML
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FYLDeep 25

Send him to FMyLife. We'll tear him a new asshole.

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YayFlameWarz 9

Your- A possesive which belongs to you You're- You are IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT

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deviable 9

Um, that is the absolute worst time to correct someone's grammar. Learn some tact, jeeze.

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amdressler3 0

Speaking of which, I'm pretty sure it's "towing" the line not "toeing" the line...unless you are a podiatrist...

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ashleeyka 13

Actually, it IS toe the line. Look something up before you say it if you don't know what it even means.

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moogiex9 6

If you research the origin of this phrase (Hello Wikipedia) you will find it is indeed 'toeing'. I was surprised to discover this myself, but I'm always happy to increase my knowledge.

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Snookie85 19

Some people just can't handle being corrected!

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moogiex9 6

>"STFU no one cares about the proper use of your and you're," If this statement is true, there would be no such being as a 'grammar nazi'. So, obviously it is NOT true, some people DO care about correct spelling and grammar. If nobody bothered to correct basic errors, that anyone who has completed high school should not be making, how long would it be before the world is full of illiterate, uncomprehensible idiots who are incapable of communicating with each other in written form? Grammar nazis - please continue your campaign for correctness. I, for one, salute you. P.S. Please, feel free to correct any errors I may have made in my statements. Thankyou.

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psuedodragon 23

I would like to make a motion to stop using the phrase "Grammar Nazi". It has bad connotations. Just because a person is literate and understands the basics of grammar does not make them comparable to the Nazis. Let's just call them "smart people" instead. :)

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bankrupt 15

The OP's problem is, in my opinion, that the boss' moronic error was on a MEMO. In my experience memos are distributed to multiple people, often in multiple departments. The OP has two choices. Option A, correct the error and risk the boss being angry but not looking like an idiot to others since he now has the opportunity to correct his elementary school level error. Option B, keeping silent and having the boss' error get sent around the company for all to see. Eventually the boss will hear about his stupid error and get mad at the OP anyway for not covering his ass. When a boss is a poor speller, it's always a lose-lose situation for the good spelling underling. Correct, get bitched out for showing up the boss. Don't correct, get bitched out for not covering the boss' hairy ass. Been there, done that. Had plenty of bosses who could not spell or write, asked me to proofread, then got pissed off at my corrections. Apparently I wasn't supposed to actually correct them. I was supposed to tell them how wonderful their work was and that 'payed' is indeed the proper spelling of 'paid.'

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ashleeyka 13

I think most people care because in a professional place, if you don't even know grammar then it just makes you look like an idiot.

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Battle765 4

Go away grammar nazis. I could see if it was an important paper or something,but it was a memo. Go be a teacher and stop complaing.

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DanielleinDC 33

Excuse me, but if someone is sending memos out to people in "his" company, he should value proper spelling and grammar. And if the boss is sending letters to people outside the company, it's not going to look good if he can't differentiate between "your" (a possessive pronoun meaning "belonging to you") and "you're" (a contraction meaning "you are"). If the OP is an admin assistant or the like, s/he should be able to politely point out that the memo has a typo without the boss getting angry. Even so, pointing out the erroneous usage does NOT merit a ten-minute ass-chewing. The proper usage is "toeing the line". And yes, I am a proud grammar snob. It's part of my job.

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