Rob Gronkowski don’t got time for the grammar police
There are people online who correct others’ grammar on social media. New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski doesn’t like that.
In the words of the great PFT Commenter, “Telling>Spelling.” New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is, not surprisingly, an acolyte of the anti-grammar blogger from Barstool Sports.
Gronkowski, who is an accomplished author, with an as-told-by autobiography called It’s Good to be Gronk to his credit, is not a fan of those who would dare point out grammatical errors on social media.
Here is the Super Bowl champion’s no-holds-barred assessment of the grammar police on Twitter dot com:
— Rob Gronkowski (@RobGronkowski) August 31, 2016
His statement, which, of course contains several questionable sentences (because, why wouldn’t it?), ironically did not get much pushback from the grammar police. Gronk must have scared them straight. Surprisingly, a quick perusal of Gronkowski’s Twitter profile shows very few grammatical or spelling mistakes, so it’s unclear what set him off.
Chalk it up to another episode of Gronk being Gronk. Earlier this week, he won a community service award, and accepted it very eloquently.
“It’s an honor to accept this award,” Gronk said. “Who would have ever thought that five years ago, when I was on ESPN every weekend drunk, that I’d be accepting this award?”
Social media is a wild frontier when it comes to grammar. Who can really be bothered to double check spelling and proper use of there/their and your/you’re? PFT Commenter has made an entire career by spelling poorly online, and the next great blogger could be preparing to follow in his footsteps.
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It would be a shame if that bright young mind were held back by technicalities like commas and apostrophes. Luckily, Rob Gronkowski is here to put those pesky folks who care about preserving the English language back in their places. So feel free to smash away on your smartphones with little care for spelling. Worry about telling. Gronk’s got your back.