The way our brains are wired makes us all susceptible to grammar slip ups.
I am a writer, which is why it’s particularly embarrassing that I sometimes type the word “right” when I mean to type “write.” Shouldn’t I know better? Just yesterday, I typed “there” when I meant “their.” And I’ll even admit that I’ve committed the most mocked grammar error on the Internet: “your” instead of “you’re” (and vice-versa). And yet, I have stood by and watched on Twitter and in comment sections as people are pilloried for making these egregious blunders, knowing I’ve been just as guilty. I’ve even snickered when someone commits a grammar crime while writing a particularly objectionable opinion about politics or sports.
Calling out other people’s grammar mistakes has become such an Internet pastime that Weird Al Yankovic made a music video about it and a Twitter account called the Grammar Police has attracted more than 19,000 followers. The Grammar Police bot publicly shames people for making little language errors, such as using “hear” for “here,” and lets the world know exactly what grammar rule the offender broke.
But people don’t need to be corrected any more than they need to be ridiculed. I know the rules for how these words should be used and spelled, and I’m sure most who make these mistakes know them, too. What I really wanted to know is why we make these slip-ups anyway.
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Adaptado de: HEISEL, Adrew. Stop shaming people on the Internet for grammar mistakes. Its not there fault. The Washington Post, 2015. Disponível em: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/17/stop-shaming-people-on-the-internet-for-grammar-mistakes-its-not-there-fault/. Acesso em: 18 abr. 2023.
Considerando as informações contidas no texto, analise as afirmações a seguir:
I. Por se tratar de um texto que trata da forma como se abordam erros linguísticos na Internet, o próprio título da matéria (“Stop shaming people on the Internet for grammar mistakes. Its not there fault”) apresenta erros de ortografia de maneira proposital, como uma forma de ironia, provavelmente para chamar a atenção do leitor.
II. Chamar a atenção das pessoas pelos seus erros gramaticais acabou se tornando um passatempo na Internet; porém, para o autor, as pessoas que cometem tais erros não precisam ser corrigidas nem ridicularizadas.
III. No texto, o autor informa que já se confundiu ao escrever “there”, quando, na verdade, deveria ter escrito o possessivo “their’.
IV. O autor do texto adimite que já confundiu a ortografia do possessivo “your” com a contração “you’re”.
É correto o que se afirma em:
I, apenas.
I e III, apenas.
II e IV, apenas.
I, III e IV, apenas.
I, II, III e IV.