39,327
edits
Grammar Nazi: Difference between revisions
m
Mass update links
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (Make external link in quote markup work.) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 5:
{{quote|'''Perrier Lapadite:''' I swear I do not know where Mademoiselle Dreyfus was at!<br />
'''Hans Landa:''' Did you just [[Prepositions Are Not to End Sentences With|end a sentence with a preposition?]]<br />
'''Perrier Lapadite:''' ... [[What Do You Mean
Somewhere along the line, Grammar Nazis got more into the form than the content. They sometimes leave snarky little notes in discussion areas about the correct use of italics or where the apostrophe goes in "its/it's." They don't actually add any new content -- except possibly passive-aggressive "help" articles on proper usage of the semicolon. At their worst, they are known for insisting on "rules of English" which are derived from French and other Latin-descended languages, and were invented for the sole purpose of annoying English-speakers. They'll also likely become a [[Serial Tweaker]], careful to quickly correct their own mistakes. (We hope.)
Line 22:
Compare [[You Make Me Sic]].
{{examples
== Advertising ==
Line 30:
== Comic Books ==
* Herr Starr, from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', who destroys a subordinate's report with a handgun for [http://www.freewebs.com/dobermansatplay/Preacher3.jpg "Improper use of inverted commas!]" (The subordinate had used quotation marks, instead of bold or italic face, for emphasis.)
* Yorick from ''[[Y the Last Man (Comic Book)|Y the Last Man]]'' is an English major and as such, often points out others grammatical mistakes and even his own on occasion. An especially nice example is when he tells a journalist that she splits more infinitives than Gene Roddenberry.
* Minor ''[[Spider-Man (Franchise)|Spider-Man]]'' villain Spellcheck is such a stickler for grammar, syntax, and usage that he, inspired by the letter and punctuation themed Typeface, puts on a costume and beats people up over it. He goes after Spider-Man because the hyphen in his name is unnecessary.
Line 88:
== Live-Action TV ==
* One skit from ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'' involves Mitchell's character shooting employees who spell or pronounce words wrong (he mentions shooting his own wife for, ironically, getting "mispronunciation" wrong). He Goes even further: he shot someone for pronouncing "H" "Haitch" instead of "Aitch". When ''he'' makes a mistake, he has a [[My God, What Have I Done?|"What have I done?"]] moment and shoots himself. {{spoiler|He manages a [[Last Breath Bullet]] when someone says "whoever" instead of "whomever"}}.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''
** The Doctor, or at least [[The Nth Doctor|the Tenth]], a.k.a. Mister Conditional Clause.
Line 133:
== Theater ==
* "[[Sarcasm Mode|Poor]] [[Jerkass|Professor]] [[He
* Happens in ''[[
Line 169:
'''LaPadite:''' Wait. You are hiding under the floorboards, or is she?<br />
'''Jewish Woman:''' A dangling participle?<br />
'''Landa:''' [[My God, What Have I Done?|A dangling participle...]] ''([[Driven to Suicide|shoots himself in the head]])'' }}
* From a 1997 issue of ''[[The Onion]]'': [http://www.theonion.com/articles/nations-educators-alarmed-by-poorly-written-teen-s,1007/ Nation's Educators Alarmed By Poorly Written Teen Suicide Notes]
* "Psychic Powers", a video by [[Shiny Objects Videos|ShinyObjects]], sees Curly enforcing grammar rules via the titular powers.
Line 175:
== Western Animation ==
* The bookish and [[Adorkable]] Twilight Sparkle in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has shades of this occasionally. In [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E24 Mystery On the Friendship Express|"MMMystery on the Friendship Express"]] she tries to correct Pinkie Pie talking about a mystery as a "whodunnit" to "who did it", but this only makes Pinkie worse ("who did done dood it").
| |||