people who correct unsignificant spelling/grammer errors

spud_chick

Can we get back to the funny pictures? Because this thread is soooo not the place for earnest debates/arguments about this stuff. It turned from a sly joke into something not amusing at all.

mockchoc

I haven't read the comments on here but thought I'd mention it's against forum rules to comment on spelling errors. I got a warning from a mod for doing it once when I wasn't even doing it! I was trying to inform the person to read what they post as their auto-correct was making their sentances unreadable. Can't get help if no one can understand what you are saying right?!

ldrosophila

wow that's amazing I am truly a skimmer when I read I didnt even see your errors.

ldrosophila

PS language and syntax changes. Soon we will all be speaking in acronyms and brief spelling. LOLZ wut wut!

jofjltncb6

Can we get back to the funny pictures? Because this thread is soooo not the place for earnest debates/arguments about this stuff. It turned from a sly joke into something not amusing at all.

If you don't think the last few pages were amusing...

...I would suggest that you read them again...

...but this time, with the knowledge that rml_16 is on my FL.

(That doesn't make her any less wrong...

...but it makes the discussion less antagonistic.)

spud_chick

Can we get back to the funny pictures? Because this thread is soooo not the place for earnest debates/arguments about this stuff. It turned from a sly joke into something not amusing at all.

If you don't think the last few pages were amusing...

...I would suggest that you read them again...

...but this time, with the knowledge that rml_16 is on my FL.

(That doesn't make her any less wrong...

...but it makes the discussion less antagonistic.)

Ok, well if it's fun for you guys, that's ok then...

melb_alex

insignificant*

I am a grammar Nazi but refrain from correcting on this website and any other forum for that matter.

I failed dismally at Maths and Chemistry so I had to excel at something

Crazeemaz

bump for later

rml_16

...so just because you and some of your highfalutin publisher-types may *wish* two spaces were not acceptable, that does not simply make it so...

...at least not yet.

(But even if you *are* correct, stop. Just stop. I'm not read to deal with this amount of change in my life right now.)

You do whatever you need to do. :-)

I will sit here and judge you.

Here is a long article explaining what she's going on about, but I'm sorry, I'm with you. Two spaces not only feels right, it looks right... to me. And I have a hard time believing it is now *widely* considered a violation on par with serious spelling and usage errors. This is the first rant I've seen about it and I work with people who handle our publications and correct their coworkers in other departments all the time.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html

You may work with those people, but I actually get paid to edit documents and have for the last 10 years. I also have a degree in English literature and am familiar with several widely-used style manuals (including AP and Chicago). I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about.

Yes, there are still people holding on to the two spaces after a period thing, but those people are incorrect. Look at any professionally published book (NOT self-pubs), newspaper, magazine, etc., and you will not see two spaces.

Sorry this got too serious for you, though. :-) (And, yes, Jojo and I were mostly joking around.)

sam308lbs

insignificant*

I am a grammar Nazi but refrain from correcting on this website and any other forum for that matter.

I failed dismally at Maths and Chemistry so I had to excel at something

*twitch*

Dunkirk

So if I'm speeding by 5ish MPH over the limit, but the officer is pretty sure I INTENDED to adhere to the limit, he should just let me go? How about in a school zone with kids crossing the street? Yes, like driving, bad grammar kills.

Bad grammar is generally OK. It's bad punctuation that's dangerous.

Let's eat, Gramma.

Let's eat Gramma.

You spelt Grandma wrong.

rml_16

So if I'm speeding by 5ish MPH over the limit, but the officer is pretty sure I INTENDED to adhere to the limit, he should just let me go? How about in a school zone with kids crossing the street? Yes, like driving, bad grammar kills.

Bad grammar is generally OK. It's bad punctuation that's dangerous.

Let's eat, Gramma.

Let's eat Gramma.

You spelt Grandma wrong.

I know. :-)

toutmonpossible

I was always taught to put two spaces after a sentence.

I always use two spaces. It makes the text easier to read.

TwoPointZero

Yes, there are still people holding on to the two spaces after a period thing, but those people are incorrect.

"Incorrect" is a pretty strong statement for a language that doesn't even have an "academy" (not that that means much). Maybe a better description is "out of fashion" . . .

mommabenefield

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DashDeV

opps

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