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Does it tick you off when someone corrects your spelling and or structure in an online forum? Or, do you EVER see it as helpful? What do you think motivates a "grammar police"?
I don't even get the urge when the entire post is barely English. But, occasionally, an otherwise intelligent and well-stated post makes me wonder if the writer would like to have the error pointed out. I know I would.
I don't even get the urge when the entire post is barely English. But, occasionally, an otherwise intelligent and well-stated post makes me wonder if the writer would like to have the error pointed out. I know I would.
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I won't correct another person on their post if I don't know them personally even on a well written post. Most of the time if the post is that intelligent and well thought out - they will read their post again and edit it before anyone ever gets to it.
My sister-in-law loves to send me text messages with things like: How r u doin 2daz? Cuz I wuz going to b lik by ur house in a few and didn't want no dogs coming out and barking over their.:grumble: :explode: She does it just to make me cringe...LoL
Yes, I am a grammar freak. I admit it (isn't that the first step).0 -
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.
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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??!0
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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.0 -
Rightly or wrongly, I am a sticker for spelling and grammar even though I rarely point it out.
I tend to ignore obvious typo errors (we all get caught out on that one from time to time) but I am not a fan of text speak. I agree with the above poster that language needs to evolve but a lot of people use that reasoning to mask laziness. A bugbear of mine is people inserting “lol” into sentences that clearly don’t need it.
Although to be fair, I post on other messageboards and the standard of spelling and grammar are far better on here than others.0 -
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.0 -
An obvious typo is OK, everyone makes mistakes. But if you clearly do not know the correct spelling or usage of a word I will correct to educate. On forums, at work in memos and emails, if I see it in print, etc.
Text and IM are exceptions. In IM at work we are generally typing so fast to solve a critical problem quickly that the only thing that matters is that the other person understood what you meant, as every other word is usually a typo.0 -
I am a good speller and I know how to write.0
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Bad spelling and/or bad grammar in a post makes me stop reading. A line or two is fine, but if you're going to post on a public forum make sure it's readable by those who are not native English speakers! I hate to see bad use of the language by native English speakers, what were they even taught at school? I'll only accept text speak in a text message or instant messenger, otherwise use the real words, we all have predictive text on our phones and tablets. Rant over.
Answering your question: no I don't correct people, I just leave. However, I wouldn't mind if someone corrected my post if it was wrong.0 -
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*their0 -
Amen, brother. Than/then is my pet hate and so many people seem to get it wrong, it boggles my mind. The other one, especially on MFP, that drives me up the wall is the number of people who want to "loose" weight. I even thought, jokingly, of starting a group for people who know how to spell "lose". I don't bother to point it out though, because I would spend all day just pissing people off. That's a losing (not loosing) battle. Sigh.0
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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.0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
If I chose to correct the spelling or grammar of people online, I would have little time left for anything else. Just notating misuses of "to / two / too" and "there / they're / their" would be a full time job! Unless the poster is claiming superiority of some sort, (in which case pointing out errors is just fun) then I generally ignore it.0
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I don't correct stuff usually. I do, however, judge people based upon the way they write.0
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I am a good speller and I know how to write.
:laugh: I was thinking the same thing!0 -
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?"0 -
I don't correct stuff usually. I do, however, judge people based upon the way they write.
^That.
And I judge them based upon the way they look too.0
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