grammar/spelling

[msnaughty]

Am i being unreasonable in thinking that, it's ok for someone to point out spelling/grammar mistakes if its done in a helpful/kind way. But if its done just as a put down because they dont agree with what someone said then its silly?

stopp bein so tick sirely

Of course it doesn't. There are plenty of people who are incredibly bright and can't spell. It is an urge to point out 'faults' in them rather than a belief that this actually makes them wrong.

Can I kindly and helpfully point out that 'I' is a capital rather than lower-case letter?

You say that Cogito but I have noticed that auto correct on a lots of devices doesn't pick it up any more. I think that it might be a grammatical dinosaur and we will all have to write i not I in 10 years.

Nasty is as nasty does OP. On here it's often used as a "tool" by a small amount of very sad vindictive people.

I wouldn't dream of doing this and most on here wouldn't either. It's hard to say "take no notice" as it hurts.

If it's any consolation, every time I see this happening I just think, oh there they are again the self ritcheous up their own arse hounds "bad apples"

There is a thread at the moment, which is not a grammar related one, where a poster has asked someone if they want a grammar lesson in a rather PA way, after making a rather horrendous grammar gaff herself. Fair game at that point at think.

trying: i find it rather funny when people do that.

It was about 3 posters gave her the grammar lesson.

haha, they would be wasting their tme with me it just wooshes over my head [confused

Pointing mistakes out in public = rude

Pointing out mistakes in a social setting = nasty

However, I have just pm'd (apologetically) someone (elsewhere) over their incorrect use of your/you're - the person runs a business, and the mistake is on a marketing photo of a product. WIBU?

i would think that'd fine 'purple' if it was me i would be greatful that you told me. i use 'your' all the time never enters my head to put 'you're'

YANBU OP.

The posters who pick it up are revolting. They are usually the ones opining about social justice etc while sticking the boot in at people who may well have LDs etc.

I overlook stuff like that generally (ie forums, facebook) because I'm aware I'm in the minority of people who actually notice! However, for professional purposes - eg marketing literature or a slogan on a product - I'd like to think it's ok to privately comment or loudly snigger at them in the case of the small local business who recently fired me for spurious reasons and now employ their daughter in the role. Apparently their customers would Defiantly use them again

For professional purposes, it's different isn't it. I would probably point it out.

But still, you wouldn't say/write "Oi! You thick or something? Can't bloody use apostrophes properly??? What a fuck wit you are."

I walked past a fruit and veg seller the other day who had signs written thusly:

Plum's.
Cabbage's.
Apple's.
Grape's.
Orange's.

(Ok I didn't really. It was on Alan Partridge )

OK here's the next one: If someone who generally writes coherent posts comes out with all manner of mistakes are you allowed to assume they're drunk?

Sometimes I see some proper angry posts full of mistakes and I can't help but wonder...

I think it is fine when it is to do with work but very rude when it is on a forum/facebook. For me it isn't helpful because I have been told these things a million times and it hasn't stuck in my head.

Strangely my spelling gets better when im drunk!

I shopped at Sainsbo's and, once, there was a notice at the checkout "....recieve..." I wrote to the head office and nothing happened. A few months later, notices in the aisle were spelt incorrectly eg 'freshners' so, this time, I wrote to the manager of the store and they were taken down.

I had a temporary checkout job at Tesco and we were all given leaflets to give to customers. What did I find on them? '...recieve...'. I told suggested to a supervisor that they should not be given out but was ignored and told to give them out. Standards!

you know what's weird? I had to type out 'receive' to see if it was right and I've NEVER had to do that before.