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How much does it bother you when a person on the internet corrects your spelling, grammar, or misuse of a word? Do you correct others for these things? Do you want to correct others but you refrain because it might spark drama?

JenBeberstein 8 Sep 2
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It honestly bothers me more when people ignore grammar and spelling. Especially when it appears to be deliberate,or in an attempt to sound edgy or cool.

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Might tell someone to use their spell checker. Will gladly correct a troll.

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I might PM someone if it really changes the meaning of what they are trying to say. Mostly I edit it in my mind

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I usually don't.. with this auto correct thing, that drives me crazy! I figure that causes alot of the errors.

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If someone points out a real mistake I have made, I appreciate it. Yes, I do correct others if the error is egregious or if it can lead to misinterpretation.

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I write a lot of my posts on my phone and find that the cursor jumps around, while I'm focused on what I'm writing or spell-check decides to 'help out' and it frustrates the heck out of me and I try to keep that in mind if I see someone else writing that seems awkward or misspelled. I hope that if I'm correcting someone, it's light-humored nature is evident and it doesn't come off as pious.

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I used to be a grammar nazi (intentionally not capatilizing). In a world with "hru" or "wtf" I really don't care too much. Used to point out lots of errors, however, most get offended, and most can figure out what I am saying.

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I am occasionally a grammar Nazi, but usually only when someone is seriously overusing internet shorthand or their spelling and/or grammar are completely abominable. It was something I made a point of in my dating profiles on dating sites I used because it's important to me. If it is simply a matter of typos, I usually overlook it. I don't worry about "sparking drama" because if someone doesn't want to learn proper word use and/or grammar, I don't really care what they think about my correcting them, and I don't take issue with others pointing out typos or misspellings in my own posts because if I missed them myself I'd like to go back and correct them.

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It doesn't bother me that much. I'm not the greatest at spelling and Grammer. I take it as a learning experience. When I'm reading someone else and I come across spelling and grammatical errors I just substitute the correction in my mind and keep reading.

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I'm always open to spelling and grammar correction. I try not to do any correcting unless what they write is incoherent, because I'm sick of the inevitable 'stfu, we're not in school' replies.

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I welcome any corrections. I hate when people can't spell or follow simple sentence structure.

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Some people are hard to understand, because they don't use punctuation, or they use the wrong version of words like to, too or there, their, they're, or they don't break their rambling down into paragraphs.

Things like that bother me, and unless it's my daughter, I just scroll past. If it's my daughter, I know she knows better, and I feel a responsibility to call her out.
My sister in law will post some of the most horrendous sentences you ever saw on Facebook. I can't understand them half the time. I don't correct people if I didn't raise them.

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I just judge them

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If I misuse or misspell please correct me. I promise I will not be offended. I may just learn something new ?

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I do not correct others. And while I appreciate being corrected if I've asked for proof-reading, in normal circumstances, a "more knowledgeable than thou" correction just shows me that the reader is not gracious or bright enough to understand my meaning with a word spelled incorrectly. It also tells me that I would likely not enjoy being their friend in real life.

That said, if I answer a poorly spelled question, I will spell my reply correctly - and don't mind if people do the same with me - and I will quietly check who is right and edit my work accordingly. This method is more diplomatic than public shaming of the writer, who might be tired, dyslexic, have poor eyesight, etc.

Someone corrected me here on this site, and I believed I thanked them, but stubbornly left the mistake intact as it was in my post... even though I usually correct my own posts with the edit feature right way if I notice an error. I'm a stickler for grammar and spelling myself, but try to give some grace to others - and desire the same.

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Oh my God. It shames me. I have all these beautiful thoughts in my head that are free to roam around without threat of punctuation. They almost cry when they can't bring another thought along in fear of the run on sentence bully.

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Not enough to give it any thought I just pass it by.

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One thing I know for sure. Reading the internet has wrecked my grammar and to some degree spelling. I used to be all uppity about those things until I had a kid with dyslexic tendencies and a punctured ear drum.
Now I can tell a lot of mistakes are a result of someone just having heard things wrong forever.
In my other world people get all wound up about mispronunciations & spelling. Just a couple of days ago they're all stroking their egos and venting over the term "The National" vs "Nationals".
Saying you're going to "The Nationals" makes them go split pea.
So I watch them have this schadenfreude over the correct way to say things and how smart they all are. LOL
And yeah, a lot of them are intelligent life, but they also look like dicks who are just repeating the mangulations of the hearing impaired and dyslexic.

It's when people put themselves on a pedestal and murder english to boot that sets a proper stage for mockery, otherwise I've a whole other outlook on this issue than when I was younger.

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I don’t correct others’ grammar and others don’t correct me. Probably because I’m perfect, lol. Drives the kids’ grandmother crazy, SHE sure likes to correct their grammar. I really don’t see what the big deal is as long as people can communicate.

Lauxa Level 5 Sep 2, 2018
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I could care less either way. If l get the gist of what they are saying, l am fine. If someone is more interested in my spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure than what l am saying FUCK'EM. As far as l am concerned their priorities are completely wrong.

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My attitude is it's just texting I just ignore people when they get real OCD on things like that that's kind of their little personal demon

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I never correct anybody and I find it really annoying to be corrected on social media, it’s not like I’m writing a college paper. If emoji‘s are acceptable I’ll spell the word anyway I want, LOL

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on the one hand mistakes bug me but on the other i know my posts are full of errors so live and let live my writings like a stream of conciousness but unless you can't work it out im fine with that

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A lot of times it does bother me, sometimes I just laugh. I refrain from correcting others. I tell myself they’re just typos.

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I couldn't care less ! I have worked very hard to learn English . And was in USA less than 5 yrs when I got my degree w 4.0 gpa. Hey , that counts for something guys , right ?? ?♥️?I wish I knew all the words and how to spell and not just medical ! But I don't . 23 years here and still hard time spelling certain words , and be thankful u can't hear my accent ! Hahahahah ! I AM THANKFUL WHEN PEOPLE CORRECT MY errors ! It's the only way to learn . Who cares about ego or embarrassment ? Nobody feeds me or my dogs than me ????

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