You say "grammar snob" like it's a bad thing

This is not the first time I've covered this topic. And it still makes me nervous to even attack it. Why? Because I am certain this will be the time I mess something up and make myself look like a fool.

But, seriously, folks. Is grammar not important to anyone?

I just got an e-mail with the subject line: "Your invited!" If you don't see the problem with this, well, stop reading right after the third-grade grammar lesson in the next paragraph. Otherwise, I certainly will offend you.

It's not "your invited." It's "you're invited." Or "you are invited." Or "Please come to my event. I'm going to avoid using the 'y' word, because I can't use the proper one."

Idiots.

Maybe I'm the only one who gets crazy and annoyed by common mistakes such as this one. I know I'm not, though, because all of my journalism friends (call us geeks if you want) get red-in-the-face mad about this topic. And we can discuss it for hours on end, as if we're solving world hunger.

The long dash is a very serious topic for us, too. We're quite passionate about the use for it and when it is appropriate to replace other punctuation marks with the longest of all dashes. But that's another topic for another day. And, chances are, you hope that day never comes.