It may be the burning grammar question of the new decade. Do you call the new year “two thousand ten?” Or “twenty ten?” NAGG, the National Association of Good Grammar, has adopted the year’s proper pronunciation as a pet cause, issuing a press release declaring that it should be pronounced “twenty ten.” Who is NAGG to say so? NAGG, a group founded in 1986 by technical writer and writing teacher Tom Torriglia, is devoted to cleaning up grammar across the country. Torriglia routinely calls publications about grammatically incorrect ads. Torriglia makes a cogent argument for his preferred pronunciation, “twenty ten.” [Read more…]