Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts

Monday, August 19, 2013

Twitter's Rampant Grammar Criminals

I'm certainly not perfect when it comes to my grammar in social situations. I'm not a grammatical saint or anything: I sometimes place a preposition at the end of a sentence. What can I say? I'm from the Midwest! It's a fault we all carry with us.

I came across this article on USA Today about a survey that Grammarly conducted about celebrity grammar issues on Twitter. Looking through the article, I have to admit that I wasn't surprised that someone like Pauly D (of Jersey Shore fame--link contains some cursing) is one of the worst "grammar criminals" on the web. On average, the former Jersey Shore star has roughly 55 errors for every 100 words. I certainly take issue with the level of intelligence of a lot of pop culture, but I'll save that for another post.

Who was the most grammatically correct celebrity? Beyonce, according to the site.

Of course, this could certainly spawn a much larger discussion about the impact of social media (and the immediacy of technology), but I wanted to post this question:

Do celebrities in pop culture have a responsibility to be comprehensive role models, or should they purely be viewed as sources of entertainment?

Comment below. I'm curious what you think!