Yvette's Inner Geek Blog

On my birthday, my coworkers made this card for me and did their best to shock me with the worst, most  horrifying grammar inside. I'm one of those people who correct the grammar of friends so that they might learn through experience what they did not learn (or were not taught) in school. My own grammar is not perfect, but I strive to use the American-English language as well as possible. I have my own limits, which means that I do occasionally end sentences with prepositions when the alternative is to sound like an 18th-century grammar textbook. Two of the biggies that cross the line, however, are when people say "how come?" instead of "why" and when they use "at" unnecessarily, such as "here's where I'm at" and "where at?"

My coworkers are very good sports. They respect my knowledge and often use incorrect grammar on purpose just to annoy me. Of course they only know that it annoys me because I've corrected them before. Using "funner" or "funnest" is a common source of personal anguish for me, so I suppose it's only natural that they went out of their way to make that card. I pulled out some of the best comments from inside, because I'm really proud of them for making such an effort on my behalf.

I have the Best. Coworkers. Evar.