Grammatical Faux Pas of the Week:

At what point as a country did we lose our mastery of the English language? On a daily basis I encounter people who legitimately do not know the proper use of “your” vs. “you’re”. What gives?

A particularly awful example stopped me dead in my tracks just a few minutes ago. Someone had posted their distain for University of Alabama coach Nick Saban in the comments section of a website I visit. Idiocy ensued:

If you didn’t catch it, the following steps may help:

1) take out a magnifying glass
2) turn it so the handle is facing you
3) stick it in your eye as hard as you can


(the throbbing pain means it’s working!)