I was born and bred in the u.s.a. had wonderful teachers when children behaved in schools or got a paddle with a rubber hose from the principle, (we had no 'bad boys- they all behaved ) and I learned to speak and read and write English correctly. Shame on anybody who abuses our language - it does show who is educated and who is not. How you speak defines you without question. Impersonal you there of course. I normally do not correct anybody - any one who uses incorrect English is uneducated and most likely not very bright so what's the point ? I really feel sorry for them. If its my family or children, absolutely , yes. I don't mind if someone points out a mistake I might make. I can listen to anybody speaking and tell you what level of education they have. We all can. But I can't remember when that ever happened.
We have the saying,
''' When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. Its the same with Stupid. '''

I don't correct people, but I was corrected by a girl I liked the first time I wrote her on Facebook. I hadn't talked to her in over 30 years. Haven't written her since! Jerk!

I like to be corrected when I am wrong so that I can learn from it and stop being wrong. I often want to correct others but I stop myself because I am not trying to cause any confrontation.

It bothers me that I didn't catch it first, since I obsessively proofread my posts before I submit them.

I don't correct others unless they specifically ask. I consider myself to be fairly good at proofreading and don't mind doing it as a favor.

That being said, I often see the behavior that you are talking about, as a poor attempt to shut down an arguement by distracting your focus and attacking your credibility.

I like all of Jens posts so much I'm not even going to point out the glaring mistake she made in it.

I got "fagged" the other day.

I use my Phone to make some posts, and many comments. my fingers are too big for the small letters on it, so I've made quite a few blunders.
I assume others have that same problem as well, so I really just don't sweat it at all.

I correct other peoples spelling all of the time. Sometimes it goes unmentioned, other times not so much. The latter are times of some entertainment.

I struggle with that one.
When I see mistakes, especially common ones, it's all I can do to not point them out.
My intent is never to hurt anyone's feelings (unless I think you're being a dick-in which case, I'll use that against you-I don't always take the high road), but to help.

I've had my mistakes pointed out to me, and I appreciated it. I used to write "alright", but that is wrong, the correct way is "all right".
When it was pointed out to me, I stopped doing it.

I no same berry intelligence persons ain't well spellers and there rightings are badly. But that their is just life. Watts badly tiday are exceptable tommorow.

I can generally tell when someone has simply made a typo (or maybe dictated the post) and when a person actually doesn't know what a word means or how to spell it. the latter bothers me and since i am an ex-english teacher and still a writer, i might or might not resist the temptation to correct it. i admit that i am more likely to correct someone with whom i disagree than someone with whom i agree. that's probably wrong. too bad. sometimes someone will come back at me with a criticism of my lack of initial caps. well, i have arthritis in (among other places) my hands, and while i make initial caps in formal writing, i do not consider social media posting to be formal writing.

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@JenBeberstein By the way, your posting has one typo, can you find it????? .... (Nahh..just messing with you: Grammar Police ??)

Depends on how they do the correcting. There is a reason the term Grammar Nazi stuck.

I edit for pay. If you don’t pay, I don’t care how you write. And don’t correct mine; errors are usually due to me trying to text without glasses on.

I would be happy if auto correct would not second guess me ?

I don't mind when I am corrected, and yeah, I am a grammar Nazi and correct others.

Having said that, you can correct others in a respectful manner, or a disrespectful one. I try my best to be respectful when I am correcting others but will admit to being human and having reacted to the way in which the person I am correcting has posted (if they are being jerks, I may well be a jerk back). My preferred method is to parrot back what they have said in a way that is corrected, in hopes that they will pick it up and in hopes that it doesn't come across as an arrogant lob across their bow... but, in todays world, I am unsure anymore how to do anything that won't hurt someones feelings.

Why? How do we correct each others? How do we improve our skills in language if we allow others to use poor, and usually very ambiguous language? If we do, we are just undercutting our own language and creating situations in which people will misinterpret what is being said, and increase friction. Worse, we live in a world in which it is rather difficult to misspell something with out the medium telling us we spelled things wrong (or auto-incorrecting us to death). I have a word in red right now, because it's spelled the way I wish it to be spelled, is a non-standard word/construct but is, I hope, the correct construct for same. The interface is giving me guidance as to how to do it right. My confidence is high enough that I have reviewed said word and am leaving it for... my reasons. THAT I can put up with and don't mind and I hope that when the language is used in this fashion, it elevates clarity, versus creating more obfuscation.

We need to accept more guidance from our peers. We need to be respectful when providing said guidance, but we mustn't stop. If we do, we just allow society, in general, to go in a direction without our input stating we'd wish it were heading in a way we prefer. We may be overruled by the greater numbers of society, and we have to accept that, but society has to accept our input or it loses the nudges and may well hare off in a direction most of us don't like... look at the current political situation in which too much of society (I hope) didn't put in their 'nudge' on the appointed day.

Having thick thumbs and auto correct i bite my tongue when others make spelling mistakes but i get a little irritable when people use the wrong word ?

I like to say I'm the Oskar Schindler of Grammar Nazis. I'll notice but I'll only point you out if you're being a real dick about it, and even then, only if there's nothing more Salient or substantive to get into. if the misuse greatly changes the meaning I might politely point it out or ask for clarification. But on sites like this or apps that people are using from their phone most likely I understand and make a lot of mistakes myself. or rather I let talk to text make the mistakes and don't have time to correct them all. I just switched to Android and hate typing on this thing. but trust me if I use the wrong homophone I realize it and it drives me nuts too.

It depends on who it is and just how egregious the offense. I don't normally bother, but there are times when....

As for being corrected myself, I welcome it. I try not to make errors, and when I recognize them, I edit the little buggers right outa there. As an editor and an author, being on any social media site requires the utmost of self discipline and restraint, but I manage. Occasionally, though, I....

It's silly. If you understand why bother, don't need to feel like im in school again

As long as I can decipher the words and understand what they are trying to say, I don't let it bother me. I never send posts or comments until I check my spelling and grammar and if I miss something I will edit what I have written as soon as I see my error.

Im ok with everything except "irregardless"

What bothers me is people who do not make the effort to make their posts correct with regard to basic spelling, grammar and punctuation. It is not that hard. For all intents and purposes, you are what you write. In most cases, I do not know you, so your sole representation of your intelligence, diligence and pride, is what you write. If you are a sloppy writer, then I perceive you as a sloppy person.

I never mind being corrected but it's how it's done that can be irksome.

It usually doesn't bother me when someone corrects me (or I see a mistype from someone else).

It does bother me when I see memes that have errors though. I just feel that if you're taking the time to do a meme, you should make sure it's correct.