Poor grammar in this subreddit's description: "Go get em' GrammarNazi's"

The sentence misuses the apostrophe in the contraction of "them." With the "th" removed, the apostrophe should precede the word: 'em.

The apostrophe in "Nazi's" indicates the possessive case, as the plural of nazi — nazis — lacks the apostrophe.

A comma should separate the imperative clause from "GrammarNazis", at least for the sake of avoiding ambiguity. The sentence can imply "GrammarNazi's [sic]" as the subject, as in: [you Grammar Nazis,] go get them. However, "them" could colloquially modify "GrammarNazis," as in: [you, ambiguous person,] go get those Grammar Nazis.

The sentence also lacks terminal punctuation.

Posted Jun 1, 2010, 12:00 PM UTC

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cheeses•

I agree, the description is one of the most blatant cases of bad grammar on reddit. Maybe the whole subreddit is meant as a troll/joke?

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Cyphierre•

I think only the tagline is meant as a joke, not the whole subreddit.

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