U.S. - Is it O.K. to punch a grammar Nazi? This question has been floating around the internet after footage of an attack on a well-known, self-professed "grammatical purist," Shawnton P. Middesmith, went viral on Friday.

According to a new study, the answer among Americans is an overwhelming "Absolutely."

Middlesmith, who identifies as an "alt-writer" and describes himself as a "grammartarian," was punched in the head by a person clad in black as he was being interviewed by a journalist from ProofReader Monthly. At the time of the attack, Middlesmith was explaining some of his controversial beliefs, such as far-right justified indentations, a distaste for Times New Roman Black, Nominitive Case-baiting, the annihilation of 99% of all ellipsis use, intransitive verbaphobia, anti-semicolo

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