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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

The (proper) grammar of talking about sports

When I was younger, I was a professional wrestling fan. However, I lost my interest in it when I was about 10 years old, and I haven't watched any wrestling event or show extensively in almost two decades.

I do, however, like current WWE Superstar CM Punk. He's true to himself, he says what he feels, and, having sat in on the WWE Mattel panel at last year's San Diego Comic-Con, he seems to be a really nice guy.

As part of YouTube's "Geek Week", Punk has launched a new web series on Nerdist's YouTube channel, entitled Grammar Slam. Five episodes have been released so far. In each episode, Punk reads a hate Tweet and a hate email, each one written specifically to him. Each written statement contains improper grammar, and Punk proceeds to teach the writer(s) of the statement(s) about proper grammar with his own special brand of tough talk. The series is pretty funny, and I recommend viewing it. Here's the episode on the difference between "your" and "you're", both of which are increasingly misused these days (warning: NSFW language):