My degree is in English, yet I still make a lot of grammar mistakes. Some of them are the result of my poor editing skills, some are a result of ignorance, and some are just, well, mistakes.
Being an English major who makes mistakes in grammar is particularly troublesome because everyone loves to point out your mistakes and then insinuate that your degree is somehow worthless. Oddly, when I meet a math major who makes mistakes in calculus (and yes, that does happen) I don't assume her degree is somehow deficient. Another fun way to irritate an English major is to name some obscure book you've read than look in disgust when you say you've never heard of it.
Grammar Nazis are the worst type of people because they use your mistakes to make themselves feel smarter and better than you. Some mean well, some are just prigs-but all of them fail to comprehend that everyone makes mistakes in grammar no matter who they are-no matter what you major was in college. A photographer takes bad pictures sometimes. A tattoo artist messes up lines from time time to time. Yes, even English majors can make mistakes too.
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