On Grammar
Grammatically incorrect statements, whether written or verbal, ticks me off big time. You can say that this is one of my major pet peeves, having been raised in a house where your mom is a grammar-nazi. Also, I grew up with cousins who spent almost their entire lives in Canada and barely spoke Filipino at all, which caused me to learn Tagalog quite late in my youth. Now, don't get me wrong, guys. I have nothing against our native tongue. I'm actually quite fond of speaking in Filipino and had become quite fluent in it as I grew older, but the English language is my bread and butter. You see, I work in a call center. Working in a call center exposes you to so many things, and one of them is bad grammar. Agents saying "Can I hold you for a while?" instead of saying "May I put you on hold?" to their clients or "I'll gonna be able to..." instead of "I will be able to..." are just some of the statements that would burn through yo...