Corrections

Maybe we could set up a bad spelling club

Cherrytree, surely you can spell " it"?

Only 2 letters???

Were wear u corected pls?

Wat is a rincakeyringy?

Just reading all the lovely supportive comments on here make me feel pleased and yes we all know who the main culprit is. I have often wondered how many friend she has in her life of she is as rude in real life as she sometimes is on here.

To me it's extraordinarily ill-mannered to correct anyone's SPAG on a forum like this. The poster(s) in question - though I'm aware of only one who makes a habit of it - are IMO best ignored.

Though I have to say I did it just once on another (largely male) forum, only because the person in question had just made a point of correcting someone else - and made a basic mistake in his own post! Pots and kettles....

Just to say that my own rules are as follows:
I don't 'correct' anybody, most posts on here are quite easy to read & understand
I do, in my replies use correct spelling & grammar - I assume that the poster had made a mistake - I don't mean it as a 'wagging finger'!
I expect folk to do the same when I make mistakes
Having said that, sometimes when I see a post that seems rambling and confused, where poor punctuation and mis-spelling make it difficult to read, then I ignore it. I think it may reflect the poster's state of mind, but if I can't follow it then I feel unable to respond. Some of you are very kind and patient with such posts.

Yes, I agree and I notice it happens so often. Very rude!!!

As the mother of a highly intelligent and erudite dyslexic DD I would never dream of correcting another's spelling. I am sorry that this piece of ill-manners has been directed at you. Not acceptable.

Is it significant that there is no response from her on here or is she having a quiet chuckle to herself having got so many backs up ?

Maybelle you are not alone, I have had my spelling corrected and told I had 'please remember how to spell it'!!!
and yes those of you who think you know who it is, are spot on?

Hi Maybelle, I was really pleased that you posted this thread as I was thinking of doing something along the same lines.

I for one am a bad speller, I read plenty of books, I write and am well educated but I have great difficulty spelling. Because off this handicap I am reluctant to use words I have difficulty with because of the need for some posters to publicly correct you and there is one person who is always doing this. In future I won't bother so much and will look for a mojo I can use, like two fingers, to anyone who corrects me.

Take heart Maybelle you are not along

Funnily, bad spelling doesn’t bother me but terrible grammar makes me cringe.

Spelling checkers aren't much use, I find they make more mistakes than I do. I don't make many spelling mistakes, but I do make typos when I am in a hurry. I can't touch-type, so I look at the keyboard rather than the screen, and just glance up at it when I finish typing - typos then jump out at me and can be corrected (or not, if I am in a hurry).

That works OK on the desktop machine, but since I got a Kindle Fire with Android-type spellchecker and often post on that, I have had it come up (in a post about " girly swots" and public schoolboys) with some weird things.

For "single-sex" schools it thought I wanted to type "anti-war"
for "clever" it wanted "forces"
and for "swot" it wanted "can't"

Am I being censored? Is big brother BJ reading my posts?

Maybelle - to correct you on your spelling error is quite simply bad manners, rise above it.

Ignore it. Some people just can't help being pathetic.

How very rude Maybelle. If it was who I think it was her punctuation leaves a lot to be desired. People in glass houses etc.

Don't let that unnecessary comment put you off Maybelle.

I don't make spelling errors, lots of typos though [grin} Yes, of course I do and it doesn't worry me and shouldn't worry anyone else. I do Gn from my laptop but it would be much worse if I used my phone or tablet.

I think that if someone comes on here to be so rude we should feel sorry for them as they must lead very sad lives.

I feel the same about those who choose to misinterpret posts because they must have the same problem. Just glad I don't live with someone like that!

Please don't stress about it, they are not worth it and you can see that the majority agree.

Hi Maybelle and anyone else castigated for their wrong spellings.....take no notice of it, and certainly don’t allow it to put a crimp in your day.
We all at times spell things wrongly, either through too fast typing ( and not using preview) something that I should do more, then I would notice them, or being tired or having had a couple of glasses of vino.
I should also use the spell checker more often.

Hi TerriBull, the correction on the spelling of a ring cake tin and leant were, I believe aimed at me. As I had spelt both in my own variation of the norm in my previous post.
Thank you to everyone for such supportive comments. Must have been having a bit of a down day as I usually would not get bothered by such things.

I thought it was really off.

It's up to posters to correct our own errors, if we feel that's necessary. It's easy to make a mistake anyway if you are typing quickly. I know I've read my own posts back and have seen occasionally, I've maybe typed of when it should be off, it's easily done. I subscribe to the "Mrs Do As You Would Be Done By" school of thought, I wouldn't appreciate being corrected, so I certainly wouldn't do it to anybody else.

That's very unkind and extremely inappropriate! please don't take it to heart, the sanctimonious upstarts will always want to bring one of us down; just rise above it! Good job they cannot issue detention or lines!!!! Lol

Yes it is rude Maybelle fortunately there are very few posters like that here. They are best ignored as there is no fire without fuel.
Don't let a small minority put you off Gransnet.

On the "Things we have lent out never to see again" thread One poster, has taken it upon herself to post, to no one in particular, it's lent not leant.

Well thank you teacher! I'm sure we all want a spelling lesson at our various ages, suffice to say I imagine most of us are over 50 at least

Should that person wander over here, I'd say this, practice spelling this R U D E!

As a retired English teacher, I could waste my time correcting errors. But I wouldn't dream of being so rude. Those who think themselves so correct should stick to Pedants' Corner.