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The Mary Sue
The Mary Sue
Sanchari Ghosh

A confusion between ‘sue’ and ‘sew’ leads LA woman to match and then unmatch with a man on a dating website: ‘That’s sew valid.’

Many people now identify as “Grammar Nazis,” and from personal experience, having been surrounded by some and once identifying with the label myself when it was very popular, I can assure you that the term is not used lightly. It’s that serious and all-encompassing.

Just a day ago, TikTok user @jezacat uploaded a video to her account, saying her story might ruffle some feathers because she believed it would be easier for people to criticize her about it. So, what was this story about? In her video, @jezacat talked about how she matched with and then unmatched a guy on a dating website after she noticed he didn’t know how to spell “sue” and kept writing “sew” instead. 

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