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November 27, 2012 02:43 am GMT
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Youre in America! Twitter Account Corrects Dumb Grammar
Who would have thought a Twitter account could gain nearly 8,000 followers in 60 tweets over 3 days -- just by correcting one piece of poor grammar over and over?
That's what happened to @yourinamerica, an account entirely devoted to naming, shaming and correcting every tweet that contains the hideously illiterate statement "your [sic] in America." Invariably, what follows that phrase is the ironic admonition: "learn English."
The account kicked off on Friday with a typical tweet, this one correcting a user in Macon, Georgia:
It's "you're." RT @tallcan100 Absolutely pisses me off when someone that doesn't speak English gets rude with me. Your in America!— Your in America B…
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