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niadainud · 2024-07-25T06:35:56+00:00

...or "inbetween", "alot", "ofcourse", "infront" or "thankyou" (or "ect"). I'm probably BVU and I realise this is a forum not a dissertation, that some people are dyslexic and others didn't have the benefit of a good education, that language evolves and that "today" used to be two words and that this isn't Pedants' Corner. But it's very annoying nonetheless (which is a word).

TinkerTiger · 25/07/2024 09:28

Pedant's Corner is that way

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niadainud · 25/07/2024 09:25

FineFettler · 25/07/2024 08:33

Exactly. OP, if you care to start off a thread slagging off people's parenting, housekeeping, cooking, personal hygiene, interior decoration, driving etc, that will be entirely fine with Mumsnet. For some reason, however, it's a crime just to venture a timid suggestion that maybe a sentence like "He's mum wouldnt of done" isn't very clear.

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Yes, I find this quite perplexing but it's definitely the case.

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mugboat · 25/07/2024 08:49

niadainud · 25/07/2024 08:02

A pisspoor one, as they might say in Private Eye.

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my autocorrect adds in full stops in the middle of 2 words sometimes 😨

Fahbeep · 25/07/2024 08:48

Da reson y spell and gramer punch down no allow is dat is way middle folk laugh at small folk so no no. Make u look dick.

Translation: marking people's spelling and grammar on MN is a form of classism (and regionalism) in which one person seeks to assert intellectual superiority over another in a free debate by attempting to assume control over proper language usages. In a free speech forum (across various demographics and cultures) where all opinions are presented for equal consideration, doing this to "win" an argument or undermine another debater is considered a faux pas.

The debater's point is understood the same regardless of its language framing. In fact, some might think it easier to grasp put the first way. And languages evolve. So no one has the right to assert dominance over language.

DiscoBeat · 25/07/2024 08:46

Damnright

politicalintrigue · 25/07/2024 08:44

Winederlust · 25/07/2024 08:41

Second time you've posted that and it still makes no sense...

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agreed

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jannier · 25/07/2024 08:41

Language evolves which is why we struggle to read original Shakespearian manuscripts and why new words are added to dictionaries every year.
We used to say something is full of character now characterful is more common.

Winederlust · 25/07/2024 08:41

politicalintrigue · 25/07/2024 08:05

that would not downgrade for us of eachother unless English

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Second time you've posted that and it still makes no sense...

politicalintrigue · 25/07/2024 08:37

sadabouti · 25/07/2024 08:34

You're in the wrong place. Try pedant's corner for likeminded folk.

wouldn’t have given the attention the OP craved

Winederlust · 25/07/2024 08:37

Garlicnaan · 25/07/2024 08:10

You don't understand how dyslexia works.

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Not everyone with poor spelling is dyslexic.

sadabouti · 25/07/2024 08:34

You're in the wrong place. Try pedant's corner for likeminded folk.

RantyMcRanterton · 25/07/2024 08:33

Iirc correcting someone's grammar on the boards is considered NITS so, if reported, a crit of SPAG will likely be deleted.

Complain on the Pedants' Corner board freely.

FineFettler · 25/07/2024 08:33

HereBeFuckery · 25/07/2024 08:21

Don't worry @niadainud, this is Mumsnet, home of competitive virtue signalling. Most normal folk find SPAG errors irritating (especially those which betray a lack of reading, such as the ones you highlighted).

However it's apparently the done thing here to pretend that you don't believe this will hold anyone back in life; extra points if you claim not to even notice mistakes. Top tier players can attribute any error to dyslexia, even when the error has nothing to do with spelling/movement of letters.

Exactly. OP, if you care to start off a thread slagging off people's parenting, housekeeping, cooking, personal hygiene, interior decoration, driving etc, that will be entirely fine with Mumsnet. For some reason, however, it's a crime just to venture a timid suggestion that maybe a sentence like "He's mum wouldnt of done" isn't very clear.

Datgal · 25/07/2024 08:30

I don't even understand half of what the op is trying to say! 😂.
But I couldn't get worked up about someone putting two words together. It's just pointless.
I used to be a stickler for spelling and point errors out. But I met my partner. He has a first class degree in economics, but can't spell for shit. Dyslexic! He gets frustrated all the time and is really conscious about it when writing emails etc
I've changed my ways. I'm no longer a twat about these things. Live and let live.

FineFettler · 25/07/2024 08:25

AlisonDonut · 25/07/2024 07:43

It does make sense in that people using the words are not being marked, graded, assessed and a qualification doesn't depend on them getting these words right at all times.

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Ordinary good manners should mean that you try to make what you write easy to read.

DontKeepScratchingIt · 25/07/2024 08:25

I particularly dislike it when people confuse their/they're/their, or use "of" instead of "have". I've got a friend who does that. She even gets mixed-up with to/two/too, and no/know, which I find astonishing, given that she's 67!

politicalintrigue · 25/07/2024 08:24

Do you really find this “very annoying” OP? or were you being hyperbolic ?

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niadainud · 25/07/2024 08:22

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Whatevs.

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politicalintrigue · 25/07/2024 08:21

HereBeFuckery · 25/07/2024 08:21

Don't worry @niadainud, this is Mumsnet, home of competitive virtue signalling. Most normal folk find SPAG errors irritating (especially those which betray a lack of reading, such as the ones you highlighted).

However it's apparently the done thing here to pretend that you don't believe this will hold anyone back in life; extra points if you claim not to even notice mistakes. Top tier players can attribute any error to dyslexia, even when the error has nothing to do with spelling/movement of letters.

weird

HereBeFuckery · 25/07/2024 08:21

Don't worry @niadainud, this is Mumsnet, home of competitive virtue signalling. Most normal folk find SPAG errors irritating (especially those which betray a lack of reading, such as the ones you highlighted).

However it's apparently the done thing here to pretend that you don't believe this will hold anyone back in life; extra points if you claim not to even notice mistakes. Top tier players can attribute any error to dyslexia, even when the error has nothing to do with spelling/movement of letters.

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niadainud · 25/07/2024 08:19

Garlicnaan · 25/07/2024 08:10

You don't understand how dyslexia works.

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I'm not sure how you can infer that when that comment was referring specifically to people who are not dyslexic, but I'm happy to be educated.

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niadainud · 25/07/2024 08:17

DrunkTinkerbell40s · 25/07/2024 08:03

I used to be pedantic when it comes to SPAG and have previously been quite judgemental when people don't get it so to speak. However, I now have a friend who is dyslexic and he's so self conscious about it. He won't play any games where there's reading involved. He's reluctant to send text messages or emails. It's made me a lot more understanding about other people's struggles.

What would you want to happen as a result of your post? Would you expect everyone to refer to a dictionary every time they post on here? Or would you rather they didn't post at all? If they type 'everyday' rather than 'every day', does it read differently? No. So it's probably best to think you're fortunate that that's not a struggle you have and move on.

That is absolutely a fair point (about your friend who is dyslexic).

It was really only meant as a fairly light-hearted rant, but I suppose if I had to say what I wanted out of this thread it would be that a few people might see it and realise that it's correct to write "each other" rather than "eachother".

I'm happy to admit that it happens to me from time to time (for example I didn't realise it was "I am loath to do x" rather than "I am loathe").

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Garlicnaan · 25/07/2024 08:13

politicalintrigue · 25/07/2024 08:10

because you’re awesome OP

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😂😂😂

politicalintrigue · 25/07/2024 08:10

niadainud · 25/07/2024 08:07

If I'm suggesting anything I guess it's that this mistake is so common that not everyone who gets it wrong has any "reason" to do so, other than simply not being aware it's two words.

If, for example, I hadn't realised it's "toe the line", not "tow the line", and then I read something correcting that misapprehension I would then start spelling it correctly.

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because you’re awesome OP