AIBU To Be Exasperated by Spelling Mistakes?

[DivingWithoutANet]

I can understand that once in a while spellcheck might confuse "you're" and "your", "his" and "he's", "there" and "they're" and retypes what someone wrote.

But some posts are just littered with these and other spelling mistakes with a generous sprinkling of "ur" for good measure.

Is it unreasonable to stop reading someone's post just because the spelling is awful? After all this is not a literary club so anyone can write how they wish.

God forbid if you have any real problems

"AmeliaJack
Poppy the point is that you have no idea who anyone is or their background so it's rude to criticise their spelling or grammar.
With regards to your other comment, I run a team so yes a number of people do "work for me". Having high standards is not about being a "dragon" it's perfectly possible to correct people in a constructive manner."

I suggest a comma after "Poppy".
I also suggest you place a semicolon after "dragon".

How big is your team?

Oh and a comma after "yes"

Oh - and a comma after "yes".

(Curses)

FoxesOnSocks:

...sentence...

How many times did you proofread your OP before posting, I wonder?

YABVU! Folks from all walks of life on MN - different circumstances, levels of education, devices with built in autocorrect, SN, whether they actually give a toss...

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I believe it's also grammatically incorrect to begin a sentence with the word 'but', Op. I'd also like to suggest that a comma wouldn't have been amiss in your last sentence.

'has written'

'in the manner they deem fit'

Coupla sugeztons 4 U OP hun xxx

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I love spelling threads❤️

I don't judge it but I struggle to read some of the posts. Specially if it's mostly in text language with little or no punctution.

Op also this is an international board and you should make allowances for people who are not native English speaking.

I can honestly say I have never struggled to read a post on Mumsnet. I would be rather suspicious of the motives of anyone who claims otherwise.

English is my third language, is that enough of a motive for you?

school I meant that picking up on spelling and grammatical errors, as opposed to reading the OP and offering advice or support, seems pedantic and unkind. I have seen it happen on several occasions. It's unnecessary and I'm afraid I think less of posters who want to kick someone when they are already feeling low. What do the posters get from doing this?

A while back, a poster was being picked on for using 'of' instead of 'have'. I changed my username to ItShouldOfBeenJess. Not a single one of the grammar pedants picked up on this; and responded to my posts fervently arguing that incorrect use of grammar was 'sloppy' and 'rude'

I think in some respects MN is a bit behind the times on this. Everyone who has children should be aware that spelling and grammar are going to be increasingly important as poor spelling and grammar will have an adverse effect on the qualifications they achieve, and therefore it is in our children's interests for all of us to make a bit of an effort. As time goes on, it is likely that SpaG generally will improve, and I suspect that attitudes will change and the militant anti-grammar vibe around here will become much more subdued.

It's not unreasonable to judge someone else's spelling or grammar. I do it to myself (and i frequently fall short of the standards i would like) and others. I think you have to be mindful not to come off as unkind correcting spelling, but i think this is how we learn.

Aiming for the lowest common denominator isn't something i think should be encouraged.

Right....now where is that pedants corner

I don't think that it's anybody's business to police spelling and grammar on a chatboard and the faux superiority and snobbishness around that is what needs to stop, it's pathetic. How arrogant to suppose that posting 'properly' on a chatboard has anything to do with a child's education. So many posters swear their heads off on this board yet don't in front of children. Perhaps they can employ this restraint in reverse.

If you can't cope with that, if you can't train your eyes to scroll past a badly spelled or grammatically incorrect post then, with no respect, fuck off to pedants corner and froth over there. Or find something better to do with your time; go and educate the poor, perhaps?

If you post on this board, picking somebody's spelling and grammar apart, you'll be challenged, ridiculed and reported - and that's the way it should be.

Laughing hollowly at talk of 'lowest common denominator' when patrons of this board grab hold of any DM/Jeremy Kyle stuff they can get their grubby hands on.

'Aiming for the lowest common denominator isn't something i think should be encouraged.'

You are making this far too easy. Surely you could have picked a less obvious error to make.

lying Precisely.

Have you thought of getting a hobby?

"Right....now where is that pedants corner grin"

...pedants' corner...
(Unless s/he is all alone.)

"LadyConstanceDeCoverlet

I think in some respects MN is a bit behind the times on this. Everyone who has children should be aware that spelling and grammar are going to be increasingly important as poor spelling and grammar will have an adverse effect on the qualifications they achieve, and therefore it is in our children's interests for all of us to make a bit of an effort. As time goes on, it is likely that SpaG generally will improve, and I suspect that attitudes will change and the militant anti-grammar vibe around here will become much more subdued."

Agreed.