(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that’s happening with country music artists behind the scenes and
out of the spotlight.)
I would never call someone with a command of the English language a nerd. I’d call it refreshing.
And apparently, Carrie Underwood agrees.
She told Elle
Canada, for her cover story in the July issue, that when celebrities make mistakes with their English, it drives her
insane. “I can’t handle it when celebrities can’t spell or don’t know the most basic grammar,” she says. “That might be because
I’m an English nerd.”
I know what she means. Some stars seem to have a grammar-rules-don’t-apply-to-me attitude. (Yes,
that’s a hyphenated compound modifier.) Or maybe they’re just too lazy to remember the rules that define the usage of its
and it’s. Same with to, too and two. And don’t even get me started on the misuse of
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