Punctuation Nazi

My daughter reckons I'm  punctuation Nazi.  Whether that's because I insist she writes 'should have' instead of 'should of' or whether I'm more than a little irritated because there's no such thing as an apostrophe in her writing, or perhaps it's because of my increasing discomfort when she tells me that her school isn't focusing so much on its pupils' knowledge and understanding of the English language as they are on whether or not they're wearing their full uniform.


I can't teach her; so far as she's concerned, if the school's not bothered about it then why should I be so concerned?


It's not true in my daughter's case, I know it's not, but whenever I read 'should of' or the word 'your' where there should be an added apostrophe and an 'e', it leads me to believe that the author is perhaps a can or two lacking from the six-pack.


It's not fair, is it, that I should be so judgemental?  Sorry, I can't help it.  Don't talk to me unless you know where the apostrophe goe's.


(Yes, I am an irritated Punctuation Nazi)

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