Being a Grammar Nazi

I'm what you would call a "Grammar Nazi." When I see Facebook friends make posts that are almost impossible to read because their grammar is so terrible, I have an undying need to tell them that their grammar is bad and that they should feel bad. Seeing other people's bad grammar reminds me that if I want to make sure that other people understand what I'm trying to communicate, I need to remember to use complete sentences and real words. Out of the fourteen Facebook statuses that I have posted in the last month, all but two of them used complete sentences; the two exceptions were simple two to three word phrases that, while they were not complete sentences, got across the point that I was trying to make at the time. For example, a few weeks ago, I posted a few screen shots of a Facebook chat that I had with my brother. Instead of captioning the pictures with a comment of what I felt about the chat, I simply said, "The conversations Josh and I have" and left it at that. This allowed my friends to form their own opinions about the conversation I had with my brother without my own opinions getting in the way, while it also shows that I thought highly enough of the conversation to even post a picture of it at all. While having an incomplete sentence got my point across in this case, most of the time, I need to have a complete sentence for my status to make sense. When I moved onto campus, if I had just said "New address!" my friends and family wouldn't have understood that I was actually willing to give them my new address. Instead, my status said, "If anyone needs/wants my address, just message me, and I'll probably give it to you" to show that I would give some people my address if they asked. Grammar and how I use sentences are important. If they aren't used correctly, my friends won't understand the points I try to make; but if they are used well enough, my friends will understand what my message is. That is why sentences are important in my social media relationships.