--- title: You Might Be a Grammar Nerd If... description: You might be a grammar nerd if these scenarios drive you crazy. image: https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/Blog_Images/GrammarNerd63-066929-edited.jpg --- [![](https://www.jonespr.net/hubfs/Blog_Images/GrammarNerd63-066929-edited.jpg) ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/you-might-be-a-grammar-nerd-if) # You Might Be a Grammar Nerd If... BY:   [ Kristin Jones ](https://www.jonespr.net/eight-arms-blog/author/kristin-jones) ![You Might Be a Grammar Nerd If...](https://www.jonespr.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/GrammarNerd63-066929-edited.jpg?width=591&name=GrammarNerd63-066929-edited.jpg "You Might Be a Grammar Nerd If...")   If you are a marketing, PR or advertising professional, words are a big part of your working world. Actually, they are probably an integral part of who you are as a person, and that means that more than once you have cringed over a misused “your/you’re” in a social media meme or secretly wanted to erase the extra apostrophe from the grocer’s sign proclaiming “Farm Fresh Bean’s.”   A firm grasp of the rules is essential for creating useful content.   If those scenarios rang true, you might be a grammar nerd. [Grammarly.com](http://www.grammarly.com/blog/2015/what-makes-a-grammar-nerd-infographic/?io&utm_campaign=Blog_Augment_1&utm_source=Facebook_org&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_post) recently described the anatomy of a grammar nerd. They have the credentials to recognize one: 5 million Facebook fans follow the grammar-focused blog, which looks at both the serious and the humorous sides of proper writing etiquette.  ![JONESBlog.GrammarNerd.63](https://www.jonespr.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/JONESBlog.GrammarNerd.63.jpg?width=622&name=JONESBlog.GrammarNerd.63.jpg)   So, how do you match up?   Some grammar gaffes grate more than others. I hate seeing a company referred to as if it were a person. Do not write: The company celebrated their 50th anniversary. The company celebrated ***its*** anniversary.   And, remember, it has been in business ***more than*** 50 years, not ***over*** 50 years. “More than” refers to quantity; “over” is a position, as in “over the moon.”   While Grammarly says most grammar nerds are Oxford comma fans, I lean toward the AP style of comma usage. Blame it on my journalism degree. 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