Grammar Girl #582. Using Quotations. Grammar Nazi.

What do you call yourself? A grammar lover, grammar peever, stickler, grammar grouch, grammando, grammar Nazi? Sure, it's all in fun, but it's time to rethink that last one.

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[davidmike]

Where to begin? First, I suppose: Why doesn't your playlist automatically play the next video? Why do I have to come in from the other room each time, to manually start the next video--even on random play? Second, regarding "Nazi", you say you like world history but you don't seem to be very good at it. The "terrible war" you reference was not exclusively against "Nazis"; the 50-80 million people killed were not all killed by Nazis; and your apocryphal story about (plural) towns that "only escaped devastation because German bombs failed to detonate" is begging for a citation. In order for this to occur, a large proportion of the bombs in a given raid would have to fail--not, as commonly reported, an isolated few! You like accuracy in grammar, I like accuracy when someone gets on a soap box and starts telling people how they should think--especially when they try to elicit an emotional response because their facts are weak. Finally, you should know but I'll remind you, "Nazi" was originally an acronym for National Socialist German Workers' Party; so, if you truly want the full weight of this word felt by those who deserve it, begin with Bernie Sanders.