# Finally! Grammar is really useful! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126 "2014-02-12T05:20:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/1 "2014-02-12T05:20:01Z")
“Men who use ‘whom’ [in their online dating profile] get 31% more contacts from the opposite sex.” From WIRED: how to create the perfect online dating profile. [How to Create the Perfect Online Dating Profile, in 25 Infographics | WIRED](http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/how-to-create-good-online-dating-profile/#slide-id-410041) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/2 "2014-02-12T09:01:37Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > “Men who use ‘whom’ [in their online dating profile] get 31% more contacts from the opposite sex.” Does it matter whether they use it correctly? “I’m looking for a woman whom really knows whom she is.” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/3 "2014-02-14T23:43:20Z")
So correct grammar can get you layed. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/4 "2014-02-15T03:00:26Z")
It’s only logical. Women prefer men who really know how to conjugate. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/5 "2014-02-15T03:40:07Z")
Women prefer a cunning linguist over a master debater any time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/6 "2014-02-15T04:44:48Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Does it matter whether they use it correctly? “I’m looking for a woman whom really knows whom she is.” Really. Is it the usage of good grammar, or the false pretense of being intelligent? I notice that people who aren’t too smart but want to appear to be hypercorrect their words. Over use of “whom.” Substituting “me” for “I” because they were taught to say “Alice and I did…” in school, but don’t realize that “…tell it to Bob and I” is different. Or on the Bachelor, which I unwillingly have on in the background sometimes, they say shit like “it’s Carol and I’s problem.” Pronounced “eye-ziz.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/7 "2014-02-15T06:39:08Z")
This reminds me of [OkTrends](http://blog.okcupid.com/), which analyzed data from Ok Cupid dating profiles and found some rather interesting, well, trends. Pity it hasn’t been updated for a while. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/8 "2014-02-15T18:41:20Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > they say shit like “it’s Carol and I’s problem.” Pronounced “eye-ziz.” AARRRGGHHH! Nails, meet chalkboard. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/9 "2014-02-15T19:13:58Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > “Men who use ‘whom’ [in their online dating profile] get 31% more contacts from the opposite sex.” More contacts than whom? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/10 "2014-02-15T21:45:53Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > More contacts than whom? Bausch & Lomb? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/11 "2014-02-15T21:59:30Z")
Maybe supermarkets will start carrying [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style) amongst the Fabio-bedecked bodice rippers? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/12 "2014-02-16T15:11:35Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Women prefer a cunning linguist over a master debater any time. 😃 Oooo, baby, ba-da-BING! _Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?_ Is that a scroll in your toga or are you just happy to see me? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-grammar-is-really-useful/681126/13 "2014-02-17T20:08:13Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Bausch & Lomb? Look! Look with your special eyes!