"He corrected me on my grammar. I referred to something as being 'what I was proudest of '. He sneered in outrage and said, 'Or most proud of?'"

I'm going to reveal myself to be something of a grammatical nitwit here and ask: what's exactly wrong with saying 'what I was proudest of' ...?

I'm not sure I understand Morrissey's correction..

Me help you will please?

How about "of which I am most proud" ?

Should've just laughed it off. I love encountering grammar whores, they give me hope that the English language isn't deteriorating completely. Even if my grammar/spelling/punctuation can be atrocious at times, i wouldn't mind it being pointed out, & slapped across the face a little bit with a Dictionary.

I'm not even going to get started on Bridget Jones's Diary (WHHHY would they do that to me?!)

It usually annoys me when people get pernickety about little errors in spelling and grammar; probably because I'm an English student, yet I'm terrible at both. Not only that, but language is never static; Shakespeare used double negatives, made up words and spellings and nobody sneers at him. However, I'd be prepared to overlook being irritated for two people, Morrissey and Stephen Fry; both of whom are too damn intelligent and witty to be contradicted. Besides which, I've noticed this trend in people who meet their so called heroes, whereby they have to throw in a little jibe amongst all their sycophantic gushing. "Sad and contrived"? The day I think any less of Moz is the day I meet him and he either insults me or spits in my eye. Then again, I might actually feel quite privileged.

Regardless of the grammar, it's a bloody stupid and predictable question. No wonder he got riled.

of Morrissey being rude and abnoxious
How many times do we need to see it, this guy is a jerk and a snob and he is simply vulgar and not nice

end a sentence with a preposition. Murphy used improper grammar, but so did Morrissey.

Perhaps, Morrissey shouldn't be such a pedant; "Cemetry" Gates, anyone?!?!

Poor Morrissey, feeling he has to intimidate others because of his own educational inferiorities.

He's a fucking pop star, not Roland Barthes.

Is he really that intelligent? Or does he just like to think he is?

But maybe he just didn't like the guy to begin with. I'm sure if this guy was Oscar Wilde Morrissey wouldn't have corrected him.

"So how did I end up Attached to this person When his sense of humour Gets gradually worser?"

Like someone said, Morrissey probably just thought the question was dumb and was momentarily irked. I feel like I'm going off-topic now after that concentrated scrutiny of only one question, but did anyone read what Murphy wrote in the current article which I found fairly perceptive? Like this:

"...But where once stood David Bowie now stands Chris Martin. He's good-looking, a great songwriter but he's going, 'Shit, how did I get here? I used to worry about sounding too much like Radiohead but what do I do now?'"

Also, he found out, from his earlier interview with Morrissey, that the Velvet Underground were on top of the Moz' list of influences. Has anyone else heard the similarity between the introductory couple of bars both to TIALTNGO, and to 'There she goes again' by V.U.? Hmmm...

lol OH this is cute!
I laughed so much.
My Grammer is terrible to.. and The worse is that I like to make up words like Bestest! lol
OH well...
Mr Morrissey must be very English, or has watched My Fair Lady once to many times;)
Aww Any which way you got to have a conversation with this wonderful man..
It was nice of you to ask and to share your expirience.
                                            Truly Enjoyed it
                                                Marisela

The funny thing is, from "James Dean Is Not Dead," and his pop career alone, Morrissey has shown to be pretty loose with grammar.

Morrissey is the last person that should be playing the role of the English teacher. How ridiculous and pretentious.

Seriously, if he keeps up with this persona, then he will soon become the loathsome character that many have already pegged him to be. It's as if he is gradually fulfilling a prophecy dictated by his enemies. Like many celecbrities, he is so detached form the avergae person that he probably doesn't even realize how he is acting.

But the trouble is, the bloke wot said it presumably earns his crust as a writer. So... should be able to at least speak proper. Flamin' Ada!*

Language is a living thing, and dictionaries and grammars are 'descriptive' rather than 'prescriptive' (or maybe I mean 'proscriptive'...), but at the same time... I get really REALLY annoyed by apostrophes being in the wrong place, and obvious spelling mistakes. Because I'm a pain and refuse to admit that I make mistakes as well. ;)

* A special prize to the person who can spot the split infinitive, and then explain why split infinitives are thought of as grammatically incorrect, and why they should in fact be allowed.

I think that we need to accept the fact that this is a half remembered anecdote from this man's past, biased by his personal feelings for Morrissey and doesn't really merit the analysis we are giving it.

I know it's been a slow news week but...

Da last guy dat cuh-rected my grammah was fitted wit cement shoes dat same day.

Ahhh, grammah school mem-uh-rees!

If Morrissey corrected me in a rude way, I'd tell him to fuck off. I don't care how many quality tunes you've written, a bit of common courtesy never goes amiss.

Eh? Why does this comment get the minus one treatment? Bit arse-licky perhaps but it makes some valid points.

No fair! How's that for grammar....?