# I'm sorry **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678 "2011-02-17T06:24:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trubie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Trubie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trubie)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/1 "2011-02-17T06:24:07Z")
I just wanted to apologize for calling people on here grammar nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/2 "2011-02-17T06:30:36Z")
Don’t worry about it, the people who correct your grammar publicly aren’t qualified to do it professionally, and those of us that are won’t do it for free. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/3 "2011-02-17T06:50:14Z")
Whew! I, myself, am a grammar commie. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/4 "2011-02-17T06:54:39Z")
Man, you’re really on a role. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/5 "2011-02-17T07:01:16Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Whew! I, myself, am a grammar commie. I’m a grammar libertarian. You’re free to make stupid mistakes, but I’m free to make you look like an idiot for doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/6 "2011-02-17T07:04:52Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Don’t worry about it, the people who correct your grammar publicly aren’t qualified to do it professionally, and those of us that are won’t do it for free. Copyeditor’s Code of Honor? PS, no one has corrected her grammar. Merely mocked it. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/7 "2011-02-17T07:05:14Z")
I guess that makes me a grammar whore then. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/8 "2011-02-17T07:13:01Z")
I dunno about you but my dictionary’s pages are always open if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/9 "2011-02-17T07:21:42Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I dunno about you but my dictionary’s pages are always open if you know what I mean. That’s what spell-check is for. Every time I misspell a word, a magical little squiggly line appears under it. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/10 "2011-02-17T12:50:39Z")
> [@TravisFromOR](#): > > That’s what spell-check is for. Every time I misspell a word, a magical little squiggly line appears under it. And I thought that was telling me I had picked a really cool word. No cool words in this post. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/11 "2011-02-17T12:51:41Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Whew! I, myself, am a grammar commie. You must have taken English at a commie college… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/12 "2011-02-17T12:52:06Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/13 "2011-02-17T13:24:38Z")
Q: Who led the pedant’s revolt? A: Which Tyler. 😃 I have been guilty of correcting my friends grammer. The amusing element? My own grammer stinks! I can never remember if I’m supposed to use “its” or “it’s”. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/14 "2011-02-17T13:31:56Z")
I’ll be a grammar capitalist. I can proofread and edit your posts for $5.00 each. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/15 "2011-02-17T14:02:03Z")
Me a grammar Democrat. Me can’t grammatize good, but if you throw government money at me, I’ll feel good about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/16 "2011-02-17T14:11:47Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Don’t worry about it, the people who correct your grammar publicly aren’t qualified to do it professionally, and those of us that are won’t do it for free. “those of us _who_ are” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/17 "2011-02-17T14:21:34Z")
In Soviet Union, grammer correct _you._ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/18 "2011-02-17T14:33:32Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > In Soviet Union, grammer correct _you._ Frasier is Russian? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/19 "2011-02-17T15:00:49Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Frasier is Russian? He’s in no hurry. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678/20 "2011-02-17T15:02:21Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > “those of us _who_ are” Both “that” and “who” are equally grammatical. Some people don’t like using “that” to refer to people, but I’m one of those that don’t mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry/571678.md?page=2)