You’re just a better class of human being. Now a study proves it.
The study reveals that “people obsessed with grammar aren’t as nice as everybody else,” Mashable reports.
A New York University linguistics professor tells Mashable that those with “a more fastidious personality type would be inclined to have a more judgmental view of deviance from perceived linguistic norms.”
In other words, if you are annoyed by grocers offering a discount on banana’s, you probably trample the neighbor’s flowerbeds for fun and kick your pet skunk when you have a bad day at work.
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Naturally, Twitter worked itself into conniptions at the news. (When doesn’t it?) For those who can’t tell the difference between its and it’s, the day afforded the opportunity to demonstrate their greater decency to those tetchy grammar snobs.
@Gotham3 maybe its a question and you’re just an uptight grammar nazi idiot or a worthless little shit
— Touring Novelist (@lifetime_writer) April 18, 2016
Many of these kind folk reacted modestly to the news that they were models of benevolence.
Not really surprising… Study suggests that people obsessed with grammar aren’t as nice to be around https://t.co/V72gV2iyKe via @mashable
— Stephanie Padilla (@spk_text) April 18, 2016
Other nice folks shared the biting sentiment that not only are grammar snobs mean, they’re also supremacist bigots.
i used to be a “grammar nazi” b4 i studied linguistics, and now i have realized that making fun of someones grammar is elitist and racist
— ♀ electra heart ♀ (@jemigrams) April 14, 2016
Some of the kinder and gentler people, however, were vowing no more Mr. Nice Guy when dealing with those grammar goons.
#IUnfollowedYouBecause you are a grammar nazi. http://pic.twitter.com/39JU89u5wa
— WhoBrannigan (@WhoBrannigan) April 15, 2016
For those tormented by the linguistic descendants of Vlad the Impaler, perhaps the Mashable article will provide ammunition. Print it out and show it to your witch of a mother next time she corrects you. Tell her it’s not your fault that you’re kinder than she is.
I just was telling my mom a nice lil story and she just freaking cooked my grammar & gave me a 10 minute lecture how Ima struggle in college
— your mom (@ToniLopez00) April 18, 2016
Speaking of grumps, it seemed only fair to seek out the reaction of a crotchety colleague, Executive Editor Rob Reinalda (AKA @word_czar). Significantly, he did not deny his grammatical grouchiness. [Editor’s note: Instead, he graciously offered cogent insight into the plight of the ardent linguist.]
“Sensitivity to bad grammar, garbled syntax or erroneous word usage is a lot like an allergy,” he sniffed. “These irritants bombard the afflicted in a way that others simply don’t understand. It’s not a matter of being cranky by choice but rather a feeling of being assaulted, as some of us have when pollen becomes airborne in springtime. For grammarians, though, there’s no pill to provide relief.”
While some tweeted salvoes at the grammar geeks, others—more kindhearted folk—found it in their hearts to appreciate those quarrelsome quibblers.
The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker’s Comma Queen https://t.co/BY5g1CBM18
— Prachi Nikam Patel (@prachinikam) April 18, 2016
I need a grammar Nazi in my life right-now!
Awful Awfully big of her to concede it.
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