What Grinds My Gears: Fanfiction Edition
GRAMMAR, GRAMMAR AND MORE GRAMMAR
Whenever I see a fanfiction with shitty grammar, I just like to quote one of my favorite lines of all time.
ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!
Extreme, I know, but I can't help myself. I do understand the fact that English is not some people's first language, I want to get that out of the way. I'm not one of those people who thinks everyone should speak English perfectly just because I am an American. A Southern American at that.
Good God, why am I here...
Back to the point, if English is your first language and you write something like this:
gerredkizzedme an it felt smexy he toched me their an its amzing
Please go back to third grade. And that is my nice way of saying it. I am such a grammar Nazi. No lie, I literally have a heart attack when someone uses the wrong there/they're/their or you're/your. Those two are especially my pet peeves.
Again, I do understand that English is not everyone's first language. I want to make that clear. I just have an aneurysm when I see horrific grammar.
It's even worse when the story is INSANELY popular. Like, why are we encouraging this, people? GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, NOT A 10 RATING!
I'm in need of some holy water.
Notes
I plan on trying to cover the entire spectrum of My Chemical Romance related fanfiction or even just fanfiction in general. Remember, nothing is safe. There are a fair few things that I hate that everyone else seems to love to death.Go ahead and leave a comment so I can get everyone's opinion! I love hearing opinions!
I legit made an account on here just to applaud you for this. I came across it on Tumblr and after giving it a read I had to tell you that you are damn right. F*cking bang on.
5/20/18