Ever wanted to point out someone's spelling errors/poor grammar online?
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Rarely, but I have just had to comment of some extreme buffoonery on occasion.
Yes.
Yes, but not always.
I apologize. I drink when I can’t sleep.
Yes, but I tend to refrain from doing it much anymore on Fluther because it usually kicks up a ruckus. As a longtime writer, I’m well accustomed to being edited so I’m okay with someone pointing out a typo or grammar error, but I know many of the social media generation don’t feel it’s all that important. Pity.
Yes, but I usually leave that up to Milo.
Milo here; Too busy now brewing absinthe in the garage. Boy, will Gail be surprised when she gets home from hospital.
No, there’s no point. Online communication is not formal writing.
Milo must have made that post.
As long as they can sucessfully and unambiguously get the point across, no.
Did just spell successfully wrong? You bet. Did I still successfully and unambiguously get my point across? I sure as hell hope so.
They’re isnt enuf time inna day.
Sometimes, but I prefer to do it via a private message. Doing it publicly is bound to result in embarrassment on the poster’s part.
If an error is made on Fluther, it can be flagged in order to ask that it is corrected. I have done so for several of my own posts, and thankfully, the moderation team has obliged.
Nah, not unless they get a Satanic incantation wrong.
No. I don’t care enough.
Shouldn’t it be “have you” instead of “do you” in your details? ~
I want to sometimes, but it’s improper online etiquette to do so.
Unfortunately, we’ve become so sensitive toward not hurting someone’s feelings that the practice of misspelling and the use of incorrect grammar grows. The practice is so pervasive that many people don’t know they’re incorrect and carry their errors offline as well.
It’s embarrassing to work in an organization where communication is crucial to discover people don’t know how to spell or construct a coherent sentence.
In fact, I found it interesting that during a recent performance evaluation, my supervisor asked me where I learned to write so well.
My response?
“I read.”
But no…when I encounter this online I’ve learned to ignore it.
Yes, definitely want to, but don’t usually bother.
I want to, but I don’t.
One of my cousins uses the word tell, instead of until. Example: “We were up tell midnight.”
She also uses the word seen, when it should be saw. Example: “I seen it on TV.”
Those two things grate on my nerves, but I don’t have the heart to tell her, because it would embarrass her. Her mom, my aunt, uses the same wrong terms.
It’s especially satisfying when done with someone who is famed for it themselves #karma.
@ucme Except that the people who tend to offer corrections are doing it in the spirit of teaching/learning. It’s not about pointing fingers and laughing. So, yeah… bring on that #karma.
Well they’re not, but whatever.
@ucme Having the last word… still not the same as being right. But keep on trying.
Immediately bored, conversation over.
Children, do I need to turn this car around?
@dxs, yes I did. I don’t mind doing it on Fluther, as this site tries to keep high standards, but on Facebook, which doesn’t have very high standards, I just keep it to myself : (
I resist the impulse if I can understand the post.
There are many more important errors to bring to someone’s attention.
For instance, on AOL answers I am constantly trying to correct creationist claims about evolution. A very error prove area with creationists. Not so much for the benefit of creationists, but there are fence sitters out there who may be steered correctly by my posts.
I have been making spelling and grammar errors on word processors for a long time now and pay little attention to this unless the post is confusingly unreadable. So, I extend that courtesy of ignoring errors of grammar and spelling and hope other do also.
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