4. Bad Grammar

This may be a person-specific entry, but it's my blog so I'll post what I please! I am a stickler for proper grammar. I have an English degree, I'm a teacher, I have read the book Eats, Shoots, and Leaves at least 6 times, and I can spy a punctuation mistake from a 100ft range (depending how big the writing is, of course). For the most part, I can deal with the occasional written mistake but when those mistakes are perpetuated verbally, it really boils my potatoes. I think the worst one for me is hearing people say "I seen" instead of I saw. "I seen Joe at the supermarket yesterday" is not a legitimate sentence in any language and if you think it IS legitimate, I'm sorry to tell you that you are wrong....and possibly an idiot...but I digress. I have to admit that I have dated people with bad grammar in general and who used "I seen" specifically. I lowered my language usage standards in the name of "love" and for that I am truly saddened. Reason number 5 being single is the bee's knees: being single means I can be the snobbiest grammar nazi in all the land and not have to learn to tolerate anyone's inappropriate use of the English language!