Grammar 101

I'm convinced that the world needs to implement a lesson in English classes about the different writing styles, because lately Facebook people have turned stupid.

And sadly, it's not even about the poor spelling and sentence structures that has always plagued Facebook--it's the stupid shit such as this that appears on my wall.

Awesome, good to know for the rest of the world...but why is this an issue? Well I had to scour the comments to understand why. And the reason is even more saddening.

People apparently have taken issue to the fact that the New York Times doesn't use the third comma in a series. And to that I say, well NO SHIT! Seriously, are this many people ignorant of the existence of the AP Stylebook?

Ahh, rhetorical questions....yes, yes they are that ignorant. The same goes for people who discovered the University of Oxford's style book that also states not to use the Oxford comma...oh dear Lord, do they even know what the fuck university style books are used for? Universities have their own style books for PRESS RELEASES. I honestly wish I could understand why people don't understand this concept of having different rules for the English language. Are these English majors who've never taken a media class? Or are these people who are just so conceited after taking a college English writing class that they think they've mastered it? I can understand when these photos are created to help students understand why you should use the serial comma when you're writing an English paper...but I will still delete your comma if it ends up in a news story and I will rail on you if you don't do it. The only thing that depresses me more is when people then state that somehow the New York Times is WRONG when they delete the serial comma. The Times will make mistakes no doubt, but when you start saying that the way they write is wrong, you've crossed the line.

Might I mention that Spanish, French and German also don't use a serial comma? Are people now going to argue that a completely different language is wrong and should follow the English rules? Pfft....My vote is someone had better come up with a style book for the Internet.

It also doesn't help that I was riled up the other day with another status filled with idiocy. Thank you, foreign chick, for correcting your friend's incorrect usage of "here" when it should've been hear, then mocking the fact that he's teaching 1st grade English. It makes you look soooo much better when you then make the comment "Their so silly" IN THE SAME STATUS where you just corrected 'here'. *They're, bitch, they're. I'll take you more seriously when you quit using "u" as a word like a 7th grader and use full words like the 26-year-old I could only guess you are.

Fucking hell, this is why we need more editors in this world...