"Mom! Mom! You won't believe this, me and Joey were down at the creek and-"
"Mikey, what have I told you? 'Joey and I were down at the creek.' Subjects use the subjective case."
"But Mom that stuff's not important right now! You gotta-"
"Not important? Without proper grammar, how would we communicate effectively? If we let the rules slide, then soon no one will know what anyone is talking about. You'd need a dictionary and a phrasebook just to talk to your neighbor."
"Mom, it's literally the end of the world-"
"Don't use 'literally' figuratively, Mikey."
"Mom... I'm not..."
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My kids could relate to this.
I probably did as a kid too.
.......dhole
WV: minti. Wonder if that's what flavor the aliens thought of as they consumed the humans.
Perhaps there is a plus to being a grammar nazi: They'll be the last to know what the eldritch horrors arise from the watery depths.
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