Grammar Nazi

So for some odd reason..I have a superpower…I have the ability to be the little paper clip in Microsoft Word that shouts at you when you @#$!&* up at grammar and spelling. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But I felt an urge when reading Pari’s last two blogs, so I will critique them in the character of my college freshman year English Professor.

Mistake 1: OMG That’s So Funny!: “Alladin”

Not only is this a movie you should never misspell. But the first one on your list? The way you spelled it, “Alladin,” makes it sound like the way Indian uncles and aunties pronounce it that annoy me (Ull-Ah-Deen)…..maybe that is the correct pronunciation…but it makes Princess Jasmine’s lines sound a little different when you pronounce it the way that would get him beat up in elementary school.

Mistake 2: OMG That’s So Funny!: “I remember the first one because it was good and made me want to quite school and become a full time Pirate”

So yea I know…what a crime, added an extra E. But now look what you’ve created. Some kid is going to read this who is just starting to learn big words like “quite” and might see your little entry Pari on our entertaining website PARIandHARVIN.com. One day he could become an amazing speller because of his addiction to online Scrabble, and finds himself on ESPN at the national spelling bee. He is a champion, a proud son, and ready to be a budding modern philosopher, however his first word is “quit.” So he doesn’t remember studying such a petty word, and goes back in his memory to..Ah yes! Pari’s blog on fantastic movies. He spells it your way. He’s out. He’s Laughed at. Loses all life confidence. And for the rest of his life, has to clean gum off of sidewalks in the ghetto in Wyoming.

Look at his Before and After

Point is. Use Spell check or Ruin a Childs Future people. Speaking of Spelling Bee’s. Here is a funny video from the national spelling bee from a few years back.

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