To think it terrible that peoples grammar and spelling is critised on threads and posts.

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I have seen this so many times on threads when posters are roasted for making minor grammar and spelling mistakes. On some threads it goes on and on and on.
I for one have crap grammar and spelling so maybe i'm being sensitive. I have also noticed posters are usually toasted on this when their comments are not agreed on. Am BU?

Usually it seems to be done to be spiteful and is unrelated to the thread itself

altinkum, thank you that's what I mean, I am dyslexic myself and although I don't wear a badge telling everyone it annoys me when people do this. I have to say thank God for spell check

'sometimes asked in a nice way which i think is great'.

In that case, can I very nicely and greatly point out that it's 'including me' and not myself.

Some of us can't help ourselves.

Are you just trying to start a fight OP? I've never seen it done just to be spiteful - but if the OP is being an utter twat it does happen. If it bothers you that much use a spellchecker - that way nobody can say anything to you can they?

It's spelling and grammar ARE criticised!

I've seen it done to be spiteful. My spellchecker is American so puts Zs in and takes Us out

It's being done on this thread to be spiteful to the OP.

I've only done it once, when someone said

"Catgirl, your a twat"

I couldn't not really could I?

I think the "roasting" rarely goes on and on, but I agree that people can be rude, and sometimes pull v distressed posters up on grammar/spelling/lack of paragraphs inappropriately

I first joined mn about 9 years ago after my first miscarriage.
I posted asking a pretty reasonable question and was 'roasted' by a couple of the old-time regulars because I'd made a spelling mistake.

I was pretty happy when they fucked off to moldies.

Sometimes it's a kind thing to do - if someone is about to go and make themselves look silly IRL. OR when someone is being insufferably smug and boasting, accusing other people of being thick, but their post is littered with grammatical and spelling errors.

You had to catgirl - to do nothing would have been rude in the extreme. I think it's fairly easy to tell when someone's got real difficulty with spelling etc in which case I'd like to think I wouldn't take the piss. Twats, on the other hand, are fair game!

I don't think people are sneering every time. If I correct something in another post, it's in the hope that the poster will take it on board and remember how to use the words / grammar next time.

I'm afraid that some people look down on those who can't or won't spell properly or were not taught proper grammar but I'm not one of those. .

To add to that, IMO people who type 'i' insted of 'I' are just too lazy to use the shift key.

Badly worded - hoist with my own petard - of course it ain't kind to point out a bully has made a host of errors but it is justified. People who live in glass houses and all that.

Start a fight with who? , spellchecker does not correct everything, it is the way its done. Some people have used it as a way to insult a poster when they dont agree with them. Why does anyone have a right to correct anothers spelling or grammar in this arena. When you speak to people in RL do you correct them then? Do you correct their pronouciation while your in conversation?

- that's what I thought Lentilly :)

I started this thread because i clicked onto another thread earlier about something else, and the first thing the OP had typed was 'i am sorry for anny grammar or spelling mistakes' before she wrote her AIBU, that is sad.

Bad spelling and grammar annoy the shit out of me. My Dad is a journalist and used to pull me up on things CONSTANTLY as a child. However I don't see the need to pull people up on it, especially not in a debate as I feel it makes you look petty when you could otherwise have a valid point.

I do sometimes have to gnaw my fists to stop myself from pointing things out though >_

Now, I think you're just winding us up.

To be able to express yourself clearly and articulately is one of life's fundamental skills.

If people don't understand you, how can they help you?

The only time I've ever seen it is

Wen psterz tlk lyke dis.

The problem is, with any site like this, is one of credibility. If you are the original poster the readers need to know that you are genuine and the same goes if you are replying. In a text based chat the only way readers can make some determination of the credibility, intelligence, background, character and disposition of posters is by what is typed. If a post is badly written, either due to bad spelling/punctuation/grammar or being poorly thought out, the poster will seem to not be reliable.

When I come to a thread and start reading I ignore and skip over posts that are poorly written. I've made a judgement about that person based on the only thing I can see, their writing. I've decided that I don't need to read what this person has to say because they've decided that they don't care how they come across. This is my choice. It's your choice to make an effort (or not) to come across in a way that readers will take seriously.

Personally, bad grammar really bugs me. Especially there/their/they're and to/too/two. I used to correct people but there isn't really any point. Folks either can do it already, or can't and/or can't be bothered and nothing I could say will change that.