Poll: Grammar Nazi-ism: Am there a point to it?

[SeanTheSheep]

Earlier this evening, after I had thrown off my hangover from new years, I found an article [http://speedywap.com/20556/the-32-most-commonly-misused-words-and-phrases/] about misused words, which got me thinking about how many people at the party I went to last night used (or rather mis used, yes I know I should get an award for my jokes /sarcasm) words on that there list, which then made me think that the sheer number of people that make mistakes is astounding, and that maybe, people should point out peoples mistakes, and for grammar nazis to become just people who point out mistakes. Overall though, simply just to keep english free of a few more synonyms, though that was just thinking.
So all in all: What words that aren't on the list do you hate being misused?
Do grammar nazis have a point?
Am I summarising this well?
Anyway, try not to let this turn into a flame war and discuss...

[sub]I know this probably makes very little sense, but it's half past midnight, so bear with me, my spelling and sentence structure disintegrate when I get sleepy enough that I get slow, but not realise that I should go to bed[/sub]
NOTE: For those of you who didn't pick up on it, the gramatical error in the title is a joke, just so you know.

 

[MurderousToaster]

Grammer nazys point have an.
Fun is it nazi grammer to things.

 

[AkJay]

It helps people feel smart.

 

[Ridonculous_Ninja]

It helps people feel smart.

Me like feel smart.

Is good.

Should try you should.

=D

 

[BillyShakes]

I would consider myself a relatively benevolent grammar Nazi, just because misuse of the English language annoys me so much.

This summarizes my feelings on this subject.
I'm actually a grammar nazi in real life. I always correct the sentence when I notice a mistake from a friend or a relative.

 

[AkJay]

It helps people feel smart.

Me like feel smart.

Is good.

Should try you should.

=D

You wouldn't happen to be this thing, would you?

Spoiler

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[e2density]

I hate middle school dropouts that failed english class.

But foreigners are OK, it's not their fault.

 

[LockeDown]

If left unchecked, poor English (written or spoken) may eventually change the language. And I, for one, don't want English to evolve into: "DiD j00 seez da f00tb4ll g4me?! iT wuz Ep1cz!!!!111ONE"

We've already got tweens using internet shorthand in common speech, not to mentioning needlessly shortening words in order to sound hip. We, the educated, must stop it, lest we all be drawn asunder by it.

 

[ConstantJoe]

Foreigners messing up their English I don't really mind (like this French fella I know who kept mixing up the words donkey and dog, and also love and like (he went around telling everyone he loved them, it was hilarious)).

When someone makes a stupid grammer mistake, or when I get a text I have to get someone to translate for me, it really bugs me.

 

[atalanta]

I would consider myself a relatively benevolent grammar Nazi, just because misuse of the English language annoys me so much.

Pretty much this.

I understand not everyone cares about semicolons the way I do, but seeing posts that haven't been run through a spellchecker or that use they're, their, and there interchangeably smacks of laziness.

 

[SeanTheSheep]

I would consider myself a relatively benevolent grammar Nazi, just because misuse of the English language annoys me so much.

This summarizes my feelings on this subject.
I'm actually a grammar nazi in real life. I always correct the sentence when I notice a mistake from a friend or a relative.

I'm somewhat the same, although I was recently disheartened by the fact that some of my friends have started saying 'LOL' in real life.

Anger...rising.....

As a teacher, I hear that word at least 80 times a day during term time.
I think I've grown immune to it somehow...

 

[serenitatis]

I would consider myself a relatively benevolent grammar Nazi, just because misuse of the English language annoys me so much.

The weird thing is, those who have English as there first language are almost always the worst perpetrators.

Shouldnt that be "their first language"

 

[Dr.Sean]

I would consider myself a relatively benevolent grammar Nazi, just because misuse of the English language annoys me so much.

The weird thing is, those who have English as there first language are almost always the worst perpetrators.

Shouldnt that be "their first language"

Shouldn't it be "shouldn't"?

 

[MurderousToaster]

Foreigners messing up their English I don't really mind (like this French fella I know who kept mixing up the words donkey and dog, and also love and like (he went around telling everyone he loved them, it was hilarious)).

When someone makes a stupid grammer mistake, or when I get a text I have to get someone to translate for me, it really bugs me.

Deliberate error, or was that just a fail?

 

[LockeDown]

Wow, for a thread about grammar, there sure have been a lot of typos.

 

[Rawker]

Avoiding the topic at hand to break down what a person has typed? Not the coolest move out there, but definitely not the worst. It's trolling, but on such a weak level it's nearly ineffective. But I will grammar Nazi someone if they speak in L337. That's completely different.

 

[BillyShakes]

I would consider myself a relatively benevolent grammar Nazi, just because misuse of the English language annoys me so much.

This summarizes my feelings on this subject.
I'm actually a grammar nazi in real life. I always correct the sentence when I notice a mistake from a friend or a relative.

I'm somewhat the same, although I was recently disheartened by the fact that some of my friends have started saying 'LOL' in real life.

Anger...rising.....

Oh... Lord... You poor, poor man.
I remember a few years back, in my old English class, there used to be a project written on poster board, and one of the students who created it wrote "MEGA LOLZ" that took up half the bottom. I just so happened to sit right next to it. I tore it to pieces after a week.