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?

I don't mind typos. No one's perfect. However posts which are littered with mistakes annoy me.

Like Kirk I would skip over a post if the way it was written made it difficult to read. It's not the end of the world though is it?

I wd like 2 use txt spk but wd b flamed so not gd idea.

I understand why mistakes annoy some people but the fact is that we all had varying levels of education; & some of us barely got taught grammar or much else that was useful at school except for the basics.
I have learnt a lot of the 'big words' i know from reading books & newspapers outside of my school education; same with grammar; basic geography, history, politics & finance.
My sister & many friends don't have time to read much so their spelling & general knowledge isn't so great.
I have some memory loss & my spelling is worse than it used to be but not too bad.
Poor spelling is irritating; but i would never criticise someone for it - this isn't school or work; what's more important to me is to understand what a poster is trying to say.

It must feel demeaning to make a comment then get corrected on spelling or grammar like you're a schoolkid.
I haven't seen so much of that lately on here to be fair.
By the way; 'criticise' is one of those difficult words. I actually bought a mini Oxford dictionary recently because i realised my spelling isn't perfect.

However; i do find that certain posts go 'over my head' completely - i've actually had to stop posting on threads which get too academic. (Or go & google certain things).

Thanks to MN i now know what the patriarchy is (i think...). And an 'analogy'. I've also learnt words like 'dichotomy' & 'trope' but can't remember their exact meaning (they just sound clever). Best get the dictionary out again...

How would you feel if you observed your children correcting another person's grammar and spelling? Proud of their ability? Embarassed for having such a rude kid? Relieved they didn't get a wedgie at breaktime?

When someone writes something littered with typos, feel smug. Don't be smug. Typing with one thumb on a mobile at 4am on bugger all sleep desperate for advice or conversation is different from writing a CV for example.

I am anal about my own spelling and grammar and admit that I do sometimes inwardly shake my head over other people's, but would never dream of correcting someone - purely because until my own grasp of it is 100% correct, 100% of the time, I am in no position to criticise. A lot of people would do well to remember that - some of the errors on this thread from the criticisers have just been embarrassing.

Besides, just because someone is not so good at spelling and grammar, doesn't mean they don't have strengths elsewhere. I'm crap with numbers and science but my failing there are rarely revealed, unlike people who struggle with grammar.

Nobody thinks better of anyone who deliberately point-scores, makes others feel bad about themselves or belittles people in order to up their own sense of superiority. A bit of self-awareness wouldn't go amiss sometimes...

Nurse Bernard, please be advised that a semi-colon would not go amiss at times.

Seriously though, I am a complete pedant. I hate reading posts in txt spk. I also find that many lazy spelling errors stick in my throat.
However, there was a bizarre twist of fate. I fell madly in love with a severely dyslexic man! I often dictate spellings for his texts and Facebook posts and am now far more tolerant.

My synopsis in general is that the grammar police are just using it as a reason to be nasty.
However, people who post in block capitals should be set on fire.

Just picking on a random sample of non-entity twattishness on here. Shattereddreams... you win the prize today. What a pompous series of posts.

OP... Post as you like and ignore those who tell you otherwise.

Shattered did your iPad try to change it from 'peadophile'?

I don't correct other people's spelling/grammar - I might comment in a joky way if a typo has resulted in something unintentionally humerous (not on a cry-for-help type post, obviously) or to ask for clarification if a missing word might have changed the entire meaning of the post. I'm also getting quite skilled at interpreting iPhone auto-corrects.

I am one of nature's pedants though, and I do try to spell correctly when posting. It's just courtesy, IMO - I'm asking people to give up their time to read my post, the least I can do is make it as clear as possible for them to do so.

What captainkirk said.

When you have poor command of the English language, it marks you out as poorly educated, poorly read and lazy.

I will judge you on this, it's just natural to do so. Unfortunately the halo effect kicks in and I then also ascribe other negative traits to you which you may or may not have.

The odd typo I can forgive, but muddled up homophones just show me you are a bit thick tbh.

Oh, and I don't buy the whole 'i'm dyslexic' business either. If you're dyslexic, use spell check.

My Dsis is very very severely dyslexic and has a doctorate, obtained using all the helpful tools (spell check, and some sort of grammatical sanity checker) that are available to her.

There's really no excuse for 'should of', 'alot' 'loose' instead of 'lose' etc...

These threads sure bring the pompous condescending smugs out.

You missed out the comma between 'pompous' and 'condescending' there, usualsuspect

And is the use of "sure" in that context not [gasp!] an Americanism?!

Oh well , it gave you summat to get your superior pedantic knickers in a knot about.

Unless I'm sitting an essay and going to get marked for it I don't care! Text speak irritates me but that's my problem

In general, I don't really care if someone doesn't spell something correctly or if they are gramatically incorrect. However, if it's so bad it's unreadable then I will not be able to take it seriously as I'd have to ask what they meant. For example iv sumwon rites fings lik lis I wont be able to understand it properly.

If someone is over critical, it's unfair to be honest. I have taken English in A-Level and considered studying English Language in Uni. I make mistakes ALL THE TIME when I'm not focusing on it.

MN is for people to talk, make friends, give advice etc - it's not a teachers forum or a place to correct people all the time. Or at least, it isn't to me.

'If you're dyslexic, use spell check'.

Oh, wow!

Guys! Gather round! I can't believe it, a solution to all our problems, and it was so simple all along!

The prayers of millions are with you, cakeme. Thank god you found the answer.

I'm just glad someone finally saw my point. We judge people everyday, if we realise it or not. Sometimes you think someone is talking rubbish and other times you listen carefully and take in what they are saying. The determining factor of this is how credible you think the person is. On a forum like this the only way to decide if you think someone is credible is by how they write!

You may not care one bit if someone else thinks you're credible. Fair enough, but you have to at least acknowledge the concept.

Cake some people have had a poor education. It doesn't mean they shouldn't post and made to feel uncomfortable if they do.
Thankfully, I've had a decent education but when I'm posting, I just type as quickly as possible and very often have errors in my post. I'm not really bothered. I'm just not an accurate typist.

YANBU at all people do get really twitchy about spelling on here and if you use a comma in the wrong place it sends them over the edge, ignore them and move on with your posts, if all somebody has to say to you is I think you will find you spell ... this way,

then they are not worth your time or energy,

I'd rather make up my mind on the content of a post , whether the poster sounds warm , friendly and real and has a SOH. That makes someone credible to me.

Mn to me is like having a conversation.

Now that Cakeme has solved all the problems of dyslexia perhaps we need some way of identifying and removing overly smug and unpleasant posts.
Some sort of holier-than-thou'ometer

I would rather be thought of as a bit thick than being thought of as judgemental and condescending.

really hoping spellchecker is working for me right now

Sorry LRD I don't follow.

Spell check is a tool that enables people with difficulty spelling to (for the most part) overcome their impairment.

Would you drip with a similar amount of sarcasm at the suggestion that people with visual impairment use an assistance dog? Or a person with a physical disability use crutches or a wheelchair?

I was corrected when i was a bit upset and feeling sensitive on a thread i started

the correcter pointed out that there was no space needed after a comma well that was me told eh and I learned to make sure i have no space after commas or is it comma's,