I never wanted to be a Grammar Nazi but I am now compelled to give up my long allegiance to the flag of grammar democracy (save perhaps for my animosity to text language) and take up grammar fascism.

If you’ve been reading this blog for some time now, you know that I’ve been lousy at copy editing my own works. I know, I know. Most would argue that good writing calls for it and blogging as a publishing platform demands it for the sake of a general audience. But for a busy bug like me, who blogs for therapy and has a lot in his mind the past few months, time to edit or even do a once-over wasn’t even a luxury. It was the that elusive fountain of youth. But I guess there’d be no excuse for it now.

Now that I’ll be teaching kids the rudiments of academic writing and good grammar, it’s a must that I be extra careful with what I type, write or say. While nobody can be perfect, at least I must adhere to the standard. Trabaho lang walang personalan.

But I’m just too lazy right now. I’m just too tired from the past week. If I let a smudge of “Grammar Jew”-ness (Tell me, what do you call the victims of Grammar Nazis?) in this one, pardon me. Or better yet, send me to your Grammar Auschwitz.

Check out these other posts:

1. Three cheers for the grammar police
2. Another take on prescriptivism
3. “Common Errors in English”
4. A few new insights on blogging for literacy in the Philippine context
5. A new blog for learning English language and literature