Undoubtedly, today the Russian language is not going through the best of times: spelling, pronunciation rules and even the lexical meaning of many words are known not only by children and people who are far from the cultural environment, but also those who, it would seem, should understand all the subtleties and nuances rich Russian language: journalists, philologists and writers. The reasons were the following factors: firstly, this is undoubtedly a drop in the general cultural level, and secondly, of course, the Internet, which assumed the function of the global media. Unlike traditional media, any user can upload content to the Internet, that is, pre-selection does not exist, so not only meaningless, but also illiterate texts get into the network.
"A ray of light in the dark kingdom?"
Let's make a reservation: do not think that all Internet content is a collection of illiterate delirium. Professional journalists and writers work on the Web, and cultural and educated people communicate. Not only they worry about the fate of the Russian language: for several years now, the Grammar nazi movement has been operating on the Internet (including social networks). Let's talk about it in more detail.
Grammar nazi - what is it?
The phrase "Grammar Nazi" literally translates from English as "grammatical Nazis." However, the word "Nazis" in this context should be understood somewhat differently. In this case, Nazism means intolerance towards those who often make mistakes in writing certain language constructions, incorrectly punctuate and deny the importance of learning and preserving their native language. In a broad sense, Grammar nazi is a social movement for the purity of language.
Grammar Nazis position themselves as a kind of universal cleaners of the Internet environment from illiteracy and philistine dullness. They themselves have borne this burden, because this social movement has no clear organization, no charter, no program. Moreover, the name "Grammar Nazi" has the right to anyone. In this situation, many literally dishonor the honor of this organization, too aggressively proving their innocence, but at the same time making simple spelling mistakes. Some “Internet dwellers” consider the grammar of the Nazis too aggressive and overly picky individuals who have nothing to occupy themselves in real life. Agree, it repels the Nazis from the grammar and their comparison of themselves with the Nazis and the "holy soldiers of the Third Reich."
What do Grammar nazi do?
The Grammar of the Nazis do not have a clear structure and responsibilities, therefore, everyone who considers himself as such simply sits in the “public” places of the Internet (popular social networks, forums, online games) and makes comments to everyone about their knowledge of spelling, which delivers terrible discomfort to visitors and the administration of the resource. Often, the "Nazis" get in the end a blocked account - the result of their "heroic" linguistic activity.
Grammar nazi organization
However, there are more organized groups of grams of the Nazis, in which responsibilities are clearly divided. Their representatives monitor certain sites, sometimes help the administration of small resources to monitor the language norms of the content, “clean” openly delusional comments in time, that is, they act as editors. This is especially common in English-speaking countries. Yes, don’t be surprised, the grammar of the Nazis is not a purely Russian “exclusive”: initially the movement was completely international, and then its cells were divided into countries.
It should be noted that they also pay attention not only to spelling: for Grammar nazi, commas play an important role. Such a position often leads to outright aggression in the dialogue, because the arrangement of commas in the same sentence can be different, and the disputing parties in a heated state can not understand this.
Grammar nazi: pros and cons
Since we are talking about such an interesting social movement, let's look at its pros and cons.
Of the pluses, it can be noted that, nevertheless, people who consider themselves to be “grammatical Nazis,” not only know their mother tongue perfectly, but try to maintain its purity and originality. They want people to remember their roots, respect their culture and not lose their national identity.
On the other hand, all of the above can be attributed solely to the inspirers of the movement and in no way to its rank-and-file members, which you cannot fully name as members. Usually they just behave too aggressively, completely disregard the opinions of others, and their main goal is to insult the person and some self-affirmation due to this. That’s why the grammar of the Nazis is so biased towards Internet users, and because of individual representatives, the whole movement suffers.
Thanks to our article, we found out who the grammar of the Nazis are, what they do and in what way they carry their ideology to the masses, but whether it is good or evil is up to you.