I recently received a email on Facebook titled “thirsty thursdays!!” pertaining to some party at a nearby college. It read:

ITS GUNNA BE CRAZY THURSDAY NIGHT!!

MAKE SURE TO BE THERE BEFORE 10:30 TO GET IN FOR $1 AND TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT!!

MTV WILL BE THERE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE FOR A NEW REALITY SHOW. DRESS TO IMPRESS AND MAKE SURE YOUR READY TO ROCK!!

Besides the unnecessary use of the caps lock key and exclamation points, if you read this and thought nothing of it, then congratulations; you are not a grammar stickler. I am.

- “Its” should be “It’s” (not possessive, contraction for “It is”)
- I can’t stand most of internet slang. “gunna” and “gonna” simply makes me cringe.
- “your” should be “you’re” (contraction for “you are”)

If you’re going to send out a mass email, promoting an event, have the decency to proofread it. It doesn’t take long.