Pushy Spelling/Grammar People

if you use than instead of then, were instead we're and your instead of you're you deserve to be corrected no matter how well written the post is and no matter who you are

text speak is ok between people and is cool to cut down the amount of typing/swiping and everything you have written whilst not correctly spelled does appear to be correct word usage except for "their" when they meant "there" for which they should be corrected.

Language has to change and evolve over time and does need to keep up with the times and its usage, so writing things in text speak is acceptable from this view, but again this doesn't mean that you can use the wrong word just because of the way you speak, things like the above (than/then etc) aren't really acceptable within this evolution, saying UR/ur instead of your when wanting to say your correctly whilst infuriating to some is acceptable.

Hope that makes sense

I bugs me when people correct my spelling or grammar. I am a good speller and I know how to write. However, my iphone keys are very close together and sometimes mistakes happen. If i noticed, I would have corrected it myself, I dont need it pointed out. Likewise, when I am reading a post, if I can read it and understand it, then there is no need to correct it. So what if someone confuses their/there/they're - it doesnt affect me or my happiness so why bother??!

In all seriousness, I personally don't mind being corrected, but I don't point out the mistakes other people make. Too many people are too sensitive to any form of criticism nowadays, and it's all too easy for someone to misinterpret a correction as a personal affront.

I don't correct people online, but I can never work out how - apart from typos - it is easier to have two different ways of typing (for when you need to be correct and for when you're being casual). Why don't people just type correctly all the time? Surely it is a habit?

I have to say, bad grammar, spelling, lack of capitals and sentence structure etc. will make me not bother responding to a post. I won't call them out, but I won't engage.

I am a good speller and I know how to write.

is this Irony? ;-)

I bugs me when people correct my spelling or grammar. I am a good speller and I know how to write. However, my iphone keys are very close together and sometimes mistakes happen. If i noticed, I would have corrected it myself, I dont need it pointed out. Likewise, when I am reading a post, if I can read it and understand it, then there is no need to correct it. So what if someone confuses their/there/they're - it doesnt affect me or my happiness so why bother??!

In all seriousness, I personally don't mind being corrected, but I don't point out the mistakes other people make. Too many people are too sensitive to any form of criticism nowadays, and it's all too easy for someone to misinterpret a correction as a personal affront.

I absolutely take it personally when I have written something that is important to me. I do it on FB, something bothers me enough to write a status update about. Its important to me and I want to get my point across. I post and wait for responses only for a response to come back with

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if you use than instead of then, were instead we're and your instead of you're you deserve to be corrected no matter how well written the post is and no matter who you are

why? Mostly when people do that it's a typo, it's not that they don't know the difference. I'm dyslexic and process written language through phonics. I sometimes type the wrong word because it has the same sound. I rely on a spell checker to tell me if I spell words wrong (my visual memory for words is poor, so I don't always spot typos) - but spell checkers, at least the browser ones, don't pick up on these because they're actual words. I know the difference between them, but sometimes type the wrong one. Not were or we're though... because they're pronounced differently. but if someone was typing we're quickly it's kind of easy to miss typing the apostrophe

My issue really is the assumption that because someone types the wrong one, they don't know the difference. I don't think that's the case most of the time. Unless someone's consistently using the wrong one, then maybe they don't know the difference.

Funny thing is most self confessed grammar freaks are really just freaks about a few basic rules.

I rarely see people correcting split infinitives or hanging prepositions, or other more advanced/controversial rules. I rarely see someone point out an incorrectly used semicolon.

I conclude that they are not grammar freaks. Merely people who want to discredit an argument by criticizing grammar and/or get off on feeling superior to others.

I don't correct stuff usually. I do, however, judge people based upon the way they write.

I don't correct stuff usually. I do, however, judge people based upon the way they write.

^^ QFT. If the message is important enough that you really want people to take it seriously, then you should probably spend a bit more time on it's presentation. It can make the difference between "Have you eaten, grandpa?" and "Have you eaten grandpa?"