Corrections

It just shows their lack of common courtesy. Ignore them. I think most of us want everyone to feel comfortable to participate in any thread without having to worry about their spelling or grammar.

I’m new to Gransnet but this seems fairly typical of some posters, I skip past when I see their name on a thread ?

Rude and unnecessary Maybelle so ignore. The only time I pick up on spelling and/or grammatical errors are when they're my own. I getbecause even though I've read through my post before posting, there they are from time to time, so obvious I don't know how I managed to miss them.

We had a doctor we could never hear, Greenfinch. He just mumbled into his beard. Should have come with subtitles.

No, Maybelle, you ADNBU ( hope that’s correct!).

That’s just rude. Some people obviously need to work on their manners rather than other people’s spelling/mistyping. We’re not at school now.

I think this thread is about being corrected rather than expressing ourselves grammatically correctly.I felt bad some while back when I wrote lightning following a poster who had spelt it "lightening". I hoped she did not feel that I was correcting her as that was not my intention. There is no place for that here . I have seen posters ask for clarification politely where a post came across as muddled and I think that is fair enough.We would do this in RL.Only yesterday I said to a doctor that I didn't quite understand what she was saying and would she clarify it please.

Amazing how low some people can sink in their bid to assume the educational high ground. The kind and sincere on this forum are unfailing well mannered and wouldn’t dream of correcting others punctuation or grammar.

Maybelle, ignore that nasty person. And to you, nasty person, get off our backs. ?

I agree that it should be all that matters Septimia but there are those who take pleasure in correcting mistakes. I wonder if they were red pen users in a previous existence?

As I said - on another thread - I'm fussy about spelling and grammar because I used to teach and proofread.

BUT this isn't the place to be fussy. We're not writing dissertations, we're asking for and giving support or chatting for company etc.

As long as we can understand each other, that's all that matters.

I bet I know who it was! . There was a - ahem - lively thread about spelling and grammar the other day! Ignore it, the world changes, we all make mistakes.

I agree it's for chatting and anyway I tawt inglish. So pick on my mistooks if you want.

I agree. If the meaning is clear that's all that's necessary here.

Oh just ignore it Maybelle I do.

Some "Edmond Elephant" types seem to enjoy picking the rest of us on little mistooks .

How rude!

That is awful ! this is for chatting , not an English exam