Each day, we are involuntarily exposed to horrific grammar mistakes from our peers, co-workers, family and friends. While sporadic slip-ups are understandable (I guess), there are certain grammatical errors that just make us grammar freaks uncontrollably cringe in disgust and secondhand embarrassment.
Undoubtedly, the places where these unbearable mistakes are most prominent are social media sites. Often times, these blatant blunders make us want to throw our phones off the top of skyscrapers and bang our heads through concrete walls. After reading multiple posts with severe grammar offenses, many are left thinking, “I’m WAY too sober for this.” Well, think this no more. Luckily, I have created a new and official drinking game for all of my fellow grammar geek homies out there (if they're 21 or older, of course) to play as they’re scrolling through their exciting social media feeds.
What you’ll need to play:
1. A device to access your social media on.
2. Alcohol of your choice.
How to play:
1. Take a sip each time someone goes apostrophe crazy, making words possessive when they should actually be plural.
2. Take a shot when you come across the most common grammar mistake ever: the confusion between “your” and “you’re.” You’ll be repeating this rule A LOT.
3. Take another shot when you see someone who does not know the difference between “loose” and “lose.”
4. Take a sip when someone thinks “apart” means a portion of a whole, or someone thinks “a part” means to be separated.
5. Finish your drink and pour yourself a new one when someone angrily and nonsensically says, “I COULD CARE LESS!!!” (If this person really goes the extra mile and makes “care less” “careless,” you may also take a shot).
6. Take a sip if someone says “could of” instead of “could have.”
7. Take a sip each time you see a person mix up “two,” “to,” and “too.” Take two more sips if there are multiple mix-ups in one post.
8. Take a shot when “defiantly” is used in place of “definitely.” This is another one you’ll probably see a lot.
9. Take a sip each time “alot” appears on your screen.
10. Take a shot when “there,” “their,” and “they’re” are used interchangeably for some odd reason.
11. Take a sip when a post has an incredible overabundance of commas or other types of punctuation.
12. Take a shot when you see a post with absolutely no punctuation where punctuation is needed.
13. Take a sip if someone does not know the difference between "its" and "it's."
14. Chug your drink, pour yourself a new one, and drink half of the new one when you come across an error-filled five hundred word Facebook rant in relation to politics or religion. Take a shot for each grammatical error you find. Bonus shots if you strongly disagree with this person’s opinion.
15. Finish your drink and retire once you have finally seen enough bad grammar for one night.
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