Grammar nazi - good or evil?

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:48

Undoubtedly, today the Russian language is going through hard times: spelling, pronunciation rules and even the lexical meaning of many words are not known not only by children and people far from the cultural environment, but also by those who, it would seem, should understand all the subtleties and nuances of the rich Russian language: journalists, philologists and writers. The reasons were the following factors: firstly, it is undoubtedly a decline in the general cultural level, and secondly, of course, the Internet, which has taken over the function of the global media. Unlike traditional media, content on the Internet can be posted by any user, that is, there is no pre-selection, so not only inconsequential, but also illiterate texts get into the network.

A beam of light in a dark realm?

Let's make a reservation: do not think that all Internet content is a collection of illiterate nonsense. Professional journalists and writers work on the Web, cultured and educated people communicate. They are not the only ones worried about the fate of the Russian language: for several years now, the Grammar nazi movement has been active on the Internet (including social networks). Let's talk more about him.

Grammar nazi - what is it?

The phrase "Grammar Nazi" literallytranslated from English as "grammatical Nazis". However, the word "Nazis" in this context should be understood somewhat differently. In this case, Nazism means intolerance towards those who often make mistakes in writing certain language structures, incorrectly punctuate and deny the importance of learning and preserving their native language. In a broad sense, Grammar nazi is a public movement for the purity of the language.

Grammar Nazis position themselves as a kind of universal cleaners of the Internet environment from illiteracy and narrow-minded stupidity. They themselves placed this burden on themselves, because this social movement has neither a clear organization, nor a charter, nor a program. Moreover, anyone has the right to be called "Grammar Nazi". In this situation, many literally dishonor the honor of this organization, too aggressively proving their case, but at the same time making the simplest spelling mistakes. Some "inhabitants of the Internet" consider grammar Nazis to be too aggressive and too picky individuals who have nothing to do with themselves in real life. Agree, the Nazis and their comparison of themselves with the Nazis and the "sacred warriors of the Third Reich" are repulsive.

What do Grammar nazi do?

Grammar Nazis do not have a clear structure and responsibilities, so everyone who considers himself such just sits in "public" places on the Internet (popular social networks, forums, online games) and makes comments to everyone onabout their knowledge of spelling, which causes terrible discomfort to visitors and the administration of the resource. Often "Nazis" end up with a blocked account - the result of their "heroic" linguistic activity.

Organization Grammar nazi

However, there are more organized grammar nazi groups, in which responsibilities are clearly divided. Their representatives monitor certain sites, sometimes help the administration of small resources to monitor the language norms of the content, “clean up” frankly delusional comments in time, that is, they act as editors. This is especially true in English-speaking countries. Yes, yes, don’t be surprised, the grammar Nazi is not a purely Russian “exclusive”: initially the movement was completely international, and then its cells were divided into countries.

It should be noted that they also pay attention not only to spelling: commas play an important role for Grammar nazi. Such a position often leads to outright aggression in the dialogue, because the placement of commas in the same sentence can be different, and the disputing parties in a heated state cannot understand this.

Grammar Nazi: pros and cons

Since we are talking about such an interesting social movement, let's look at its pros and cons.

Of the pluses, it can be noted that after all, people who consider themselves to be "grammatical Nazis" do not so much know their native language perfectly, but try to preserve itpurity and originality. They want people to remember their roots, respect culture and not lose their national identity.

On the other hand, all of the above can only be attributed to the inspirers of the movement and in no way to its ordinary members, who cannot be fully called members. Usually they simply behave too aggressively, they do not take into account the opinions of others at all, and their main goal is to insult the person and some kind of self-assertion due to this. This is why Grammar Nazis are so prejudiced against Internet users, and because of individual representatives, the entire movement suffers.

Thanks to our article, we found out who the grammar Nazis are, what they do and how they carry their ideology to the masses, but it's up to you to decide whether it's good or evil.