I am bit cross

Wish I could copy and paste

Bugger wrong post!!

Loon extraordinaire who goes by the name of John Redwood, is cheerfully marching into the future with hoe and spade in hand exhorting the country to grow more food so that come the big jump there will be no food shortage as we will have our own.

Er! Shouldn’t we be doing it now? As the big jump has been requested by the loons to happen ASAP.

It is easy enough to say that grammar doesn't matter and that no one judges. However, people do judge and those who write and publish online should be aware that they are putting themselves at a serious disadvantage if they litter their text with mistakes. No one except a true friend will ever mention it.

My old employer filed every job application with mistakes in the bin.

There are many petty people about like this. I have even noticed on Gransnet sometimes that some people can be petty and I have read some quite unkind responses. It’s as if they get off on putting others down, maybe they have empty lives if they feel the need to do this.

We received a form from the council in conjunction with the police, there were mistakes in the grammar and wrongly inserted apostrophes. I ssuggested to DH that he corrected the mistakes before filling in the form.

I've got Grammarly installed on my Chrome which checks for apostrophes and the like. Grammer does change the meaning of the sentence but I wouldn't bother contacting the writer over it! Shows small-mindedness as they haven't any contribution to the discussion.

As long as you are understood I see no problem. What I find annoying is the complete lack of punctuation! No capitals or commas. You have to work so hard to understand what’s being said.

I don't do Facebook Skype or Twitter
Am I missing out?

Fine example of small mindedness!

Grampie - I only use data in the plural anyway

Exalted - I disagree. While yes, of course, it’s bad manners to pick someone up on a grammatical error, I don’t see why it should be “even ruder” to pick up someone who points out the error. They are being gratuitously rude and I see no harm in pointing that out to them. Anyway FB is full of bad grammar, that’s just how it is.

rambling rose I am sure it was kindly meant but I don’t think many of us need a lesson!

The evil hive-mind in my mobile phone has just removed a comma from my previous post. I will now consider whether the destruction of all spell-checkers and auto-correct programmes should be my next mission.

Yes, it does matter so much IMO, however it is still very rude of someone to correct you if you have not asked them to do so.

I do not have this problem. My friends are literate, so there is no need for me to correct their spelling punctuation or grammar. My friends and I are a cell of the paramilitary wing of the Punctuation Society.

Really pees me off when people do that, so annoying haven't they got anything better to do with there lives, need to get out more.

Oh dear!! Lesson 1

I find it amazing how individuals take it upon themselves, entirely unasked to correct various posts for grammar/spelling etc.

I think their crass social skills and rudeness could also do with a correction as well, but I am too well mannered to say so

louli - I know that the apostrophe confuses many people DH sometimes uses them when they are not needed - eg when a word is in the plural.

The apostrophe is used for 2 reasons (based on what my grammar book says). Here are examples.

1. To show something belongs to someone.

eg "Look at the girl's dog".

Note - where there is more than one owner, the apostrophe moves to the end - thus "the girls' dog".

2. Where a letter has been missed out

eg "The dog's growling". "Oh no he isn't."

I hope that helps.

It's never too late to learn to use grammar correctly. You've now learnt something new or, at least, you have been reminded about something you should have learnt at school! Happy spelling from now on.

Summerstorm - that it something that irritates me too. Irrationally so.

I had a standing joke with my ex manager, who would always say "me and George went . . . " and I would immediately jump in with "George and I". It could take a very long time to tell a tale, and we'd both end up in fits of laughter.

I think there is a time and a place for correcting things, but you have to choose your time carefully. I used to correct my children's teachers' comments on homework. If they can't write correctly, how on earth were they meant to teach my children? Thankfully all my children have mastered the knack of spelling, grammar and punctuation. I think I would have had to disown them if they'd become sloppy with it!

Personally, if I had said something incorrectly, I would far rather be corrected, than to continue with the error.

(Posts, desperately hoping that there are no glaring errors in the post!!!)

I think it's quite rude too, I'm sure a lot of us type very quickly on Facebook and press enter without going over every bit of punctuation!

I have a sister who is like that in regards to things you say and how you say them. I once made the apparently unforgivable mistake of calling my 'living room' the 'lounge'. My sister leapt on me immediately with 'one only has a lounge at an Airport, not in one's home!'
I also apparently don't pronounce Luton or Gatwick correctly as I have a tendency to not pronounce the 't' properly. Quite honestly I don't care and find it really petty when people do things like that!

My instinct is to correct grammar and punctuation, but I have learnt that on forums we are not supposed to do it. I still find it difficult not to, though.

Calm down louli
They’re, their, there!

I agree it is a wee bit cheeky but what do they actually teach in school now. I frequently find myself correcting my grandchildren who constantly say "me and whoever are going to wherever". When I tell them it should be "whoever and I " they ask why. I also hear it on television all the time and it really irritates me. I would however never correct an adult, although feel if children are never told where they are going wrong how will it ever change