Honestly, to all intensive purposes you will thank me for this one day

[MutePoint]

I'm in no position to join the grammar police but some MNetters might be grateful to learn that

all intensive purposes should actually be: all intents and purposes

per say should be: per se

mute point should be: moot point

I laugh every time I see this

All I want to add is......Cath Kitson.

Makes me stabby.

As if posters start threads like this to help the ones making mistakes.

Not a chance that's why they start them. They start them so they can have a laugh at other people mistakes.

Worra So if they know the correct use, why not use it? Genuine question. If they don't need to have it pointed out because they are aware, then it seems odd to blithely use the wrong phrase or spelling etc.

Did ya know that folk who look down on others are called snotty snobs

But if everyone throws their hands up and says that the rules of a language don't matter then where does it end? No, individual posts on an internet forum don't matter too much in the grand scheme of things, and it's crappy to single someone out and tell them what they've got wrong. But it DOES matter in general: 'intensive purposes' DOESN'T mean the same thing as 'intents and purposes' - why accept it as an equivalent without a sideways glance?

The way a person writes gives you some insight into their level of education, standard of literacy etc.
I rarely take the time to correct, if someone is thick why should I care?
It just let's me know what sort of person I am communicating with.

If we were having a face to face conversation I'd have a pretty good idea of how educated or not a person is...what socio economic level they are at.
This is just the online version

Threads like this never have a good affect.

That's the point Livia

Despite having been taught the correct use for many years, it still does not stick in their brains, or even if it does, it's not how they choose to type.

And quite frankly, as long as people on an internet chat forum can understand what they're saying, it's all about the person's irritation and not who they're claiming to help.

People need to take responsibility and at least own the fact they don't like how some other people type.

Except they don't because the obvious replies are, "Tough shit" and "Scroll past".

These, these, these, damn. Hoisted by my own pet hard 😉

I can't see anyone looking down on anyone else - nobody is picking on anyone about it, it's just a thread of errors that irritate people. No different from the threads about 'what words do you hate' etc

Digressing slightly. When I was growing up, anyone I heard say "make ends meat", I used to think said "make hen's meat" and I never understood why you'd need to make it.

Make ends meat? Isn't it "make ends meet?"

I like the idea of "make hen's meat".

I think calling people thick is looking down on them.

See I still can't spell it right. *make ends MEET.

And nobody is saying people's grammar etc has to be perfect. Mine certainly isn't! But this isn't a load of posters picking on an OP because they said 'would of' etc, its a discussion of incorrect words and phrases that mildly irritate people

Sorry Purpledaisies I x posted.

I was very weary about opening

can you let myself know when you've finished please

Aaaahhhhh. Now the reflexive pronouns really do make me want to scream

Cross posted with you pixies.

Sod's law, Peaceout.

The worst time to have a mistake in a post, and you managed!

I was very weary about opening this thread but I did it irregardless ;)

And I'll tell you something else while I'm on my soap box

I live in a very poor London borough. The spelling/grammar on my local Facebook page/local news pages, would make you eyes absolutely bleed.

Yet, this borough has some of the highest rates of domestic violence, childhood obesity, unemployment, teenage pregnancies, drug and alcohol addiction etc.

I have no doubt many of those parents would find Mumsnet an absolute Godsend and as a school governor, I often recommend this site to parents.

But I also have no doubt at all, that a lot of them simply wouldn't post, after seeing multiple threads like this.

Why would they, just so some condescending random can pick them up on their grammar, which is likely to be the very least of their problems?

And again!

I've had some good comedy typos. My best was "people should not be wanking in the fast lane of the pool" instead of "walking". I guess both statements were true.