Correcting others’ grammar/spelling mistakes

Yes--Slainte+

Yes Cabbie21 I found it odd to be criticised for commenting on spelling and grammar in Pedants corner as well.

Lets hope this thread brings an end to it. I have to say it's been getting on my nerves lately.

Lets, reverse the subject. Could people who make a post, then see a spelling mistake/typo, not write a correction post, unless what they wrote makes the original post incomprehensible..

If you wrote 'feather' instead of 'father', let it be. 'gtsyjrt', instead of 'father (work out what I did) and, yes, a correction may be worth while.

I agree that it is bad manners to pick up another poster for any grammatical or mis-spellings in their post. (Smacks of a feeling of superiority on their part imo.). Having said that sometimes, when the technology takes charge, the results can be hilarious. If only I could remember an example right now, especially for those about to shout “facts!”

my own posts. Ha ha ha...I've done it again! <slaps own wrist> I hate making mistakes but it is so easily done.

I think it is an arrogant and bad mannered thing to do. It may give the perpetrator a sense of superiority I suppose but I think it indicates an awful lot about a person if they do it.

I have to stop myself correcting mistakes I see in my on posts after I've sent them. I get annoyed with myself for spelling errors, misplaced apostrophes or typos but nine times out of ten tell myself it doesn't matter.

I started this thread because I’d been corrected and then done a correction myself within a few days of each other. I also had a sense it was happening more so posted as I did.

I like Winnie the Pooh’s explanation for spelling errors.

My spelling is wobbly.
It’s good spelling but it wobbles
and the letters get in the wrong places.

It is petty to pick a poster up on spelling errors because sometimes predictive text has a lot to answer for. However, I would make an attempt to check that a name is correctly spelled.

I have no knowledge of the 'other thread', but yes maryeliza I agree wholeheartedly with your original post

Punctuation can be important though.
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/16/oxford-comma-helps-drivers-win-dispute-about-overtime-pay

I agree with you Grandma70

I am mildy dyslexic, do not like the disablity word though, and there is a simple and effective way to check posts, proof read it, use spell check and also use the preview message.
Having said that I still make the odd mistake here and there.
Life is so much easier now that we all write on a tablet/computer.

These things don't bother me at all.
The only thing I'm sometimes fussy about is the mistaken or inappropriate use of a word.
A close family member is dyslexic and I'm forever trying to help them to express themselves more clearly. Untangle a sentence.
So spelling etc is of little importance,

I’m an ex-lecturer. I’ve never taught children, except my own. I certainly corrected them (still do, if necessary), but wouldn’t correct anyone outside the family. I find it quite difficult not to, though.

However, I do think that people should make an effort to spell names correctly. My maiden name was very difficult to spell. I put up with years of wrong spellings, so I suppose I’m over-sensitive about it. When I was nine it was wrong on a ballet exam certificate, and that upset me very much. I felt the certificate was invalid. Bad manners have been mentioned a few times on this thread, and I think it’s bad manners not to check the spelling of names.

No shysal you’re not!
I wouldn’t dare though

I wouldn't dream of pointing out mistakes on GN, but I am often tempted to remove wrongly used apostrophes from shop blackboards if nobody is looking! Am I alone in this?

I would not correct anyone’s grammar or spelling, but I have to say that I usually don’t bother to read the stream of consciousness type of posts.
This isn’t for any snobbish reason, but simply because I can’t take a breath unless I see a comma or a full stop, and some of the posts are so long I would probably have lost consciousness myself before getting to the end.
Monica I agree with nfk - I always enjoy reading your posts!

Those who want to grumble about grammar or spelling should go to Pedants Corner and vent their wrath there!

Absolutely, I was pulled up for writing a cost wrong, I think I put a p where it wasn't really needed. It put me off contributing for a while, not because I am a shrinking violet, but because I didn't want to be on a forum where responses can be that petty.

I’ve never noticed anything wrong with your posts MOnica. In fact they’re usually rather good and well expressed. Perhaps that’s because you do proof read.

Yes MOnica, most who have posted have no knowledge of what happened yesterday and those who do are not allowed to say.

AB I know nothing about yesterday's disagreement and I am sure there are other posters in the same position.

I am taking this thread at face value and if we do that yesterdays's events, whatever they were, are irrelevant to now discussing a habit that, personally, I find obnoxious.

MOnica, yes it should be discussed , it should have been discussed many times but wasn’t . I am concerned as to the reason it was brought up today and those involved in a disagreement yesterday are not allowed to explain.

Not true Maizie, we are not allowed to comment on another thread which in cases like this is unfair. A bully can push the kindest person to the limits .