Well we all knew this about people who correct grammer on line

[Metoodear]

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/news/amp42354/people-who-point-out-typos-are-idiots-so-says-science/

Who gives a toss what an article in bloody Cosmo says?

I don’t correct people’s grammar outright...but I definitely notice and do it in my head.

I have been known to correct someone online in the past...but only if they were being a dick to me personally at the time or we were engaged in a bit of mutual tit for tattery. I haven’t done it for ages.

Anyway yes...Cosmopolitan...who cares?

If you don't want to be corrected so much simply stop getting things wrong! 😂

Would correcting an incorrect maths equation be classed as bullying?

It is all about how people go about it.
I think language is important.

@Sugarhunnyicedtea

I believe spelling and grammar (not grammer) is important so I will correct it, especially if the person making the mistake is trying to be clever.

I think these things are important to, but I believe it's out of order to ever correct someone* unless they are particularly trying to be clever about their grammar or other people's.

So, in your case, I would point out it should be "spelling and grammar are ...".

*with the obvious exceptions of teaching / parenting situations where it is your role to educate someone.

Pretty funny you getting the word GRAMMAR wrong in the thread title!

I do agree though @metoodear mocking someone's grammar and spelling is rude and arrogant. Not everyone can be great at it!

I agree that seeing bad spelling and grammar on a thread can be highly irritating, and that people should keen to improve. But a thread where someone has asked for help with something personal or important, and has definitely not asked for their writing to be marked, is not the place to educate them.

I have a friend who writes appallingly on both text and Facebook, but has told me she has dyslexia. She always responds to my texts and FB posts with kindness and humour. Another friend writes with perfect grammar, but can never be bothered to respond to me. Which one is better?

I feel it is especially irrelevant on an online forum where people are often typing on smartphones probably while multi tasking. I don't think most people do it to educate and help people I think they do it to feel superior.
If that's all you've got to make yourself feel better than others fair enough. But I'd rather make the odd error and know that I don't need to put people down in order to feel good.

I'm dyslexic but I've worked very hard for it not to effect me although sometimes I'm sure I make mistakes. I find it really sad that people assume those mistakes in myself and others are due to low intelligence. Before you assume this take a moment to think about all of the reasons for spelling and grammar mistakes. It might actually be your problem which is more significant rather than the spelling mistake you so badly need to point out.

Cosmopolitan is hardly the last bastion of scientific fact

The study isn’t about correcting grammar. It’s about responses to an ad based on the errors/lack thereof contained within.

I got an email from someone who wanted to do a guest feature on one of my blogs, with spelling and grammatical errors throughout. Of course I turned them down!

Poor SPaG annoys the hell out of me but life's too short to correct it online. I just roll my eyes and move on.

Sorry but I can't help correct:
Their - they're
your - you're
his - he's

The list is endless.

I don’t correct anybody other than my own children.

But if you are an adult, wouldn’t you want to know you were making mistakes? Kind of like...someone pointing out you had something stuck in your teeth, or your skirt tucked in to your underwear?

can't help but correct **

I must admit that ‘I seen’ rather than ‘I saw’ and ‘I done’ rather than ‘I did’ both make me wince...whether spoken or written down. I am aware that it’s a common regional dialect feature for many but that doesn’t change the fact that it looks and sounds a bit thick. So sorry, I know that’s really rude...but it does.

I agree with KnockMeDown and Aaaahfuck. It's just unnecessary to correct someone in a context like MN, as long as you understand the poster. For example, Knock missed out a word in her first sentence, but I had no problem getting her sense.

I never correct other people's grammar/ spelling, but I wouldn't mind if someone corrected mine - I'd rather know if I've made a mistake so I don't end up embarrassing myself in a situation where it might matter.

I used to spell Saturday as 'Saterday' as a child because that's how my primary school teacher spelled it. I remember a programme being advertised on TV to start "next Saturday" and thinking "ooh, the BBC have spelled that wrong!"

Anyway, somebody else in my class ended up correcting the teacher one day which led to a stand-off with a dictionary. I was so annoyed that I'd been making that error and I couldn't trust my teacher!

Not to maention:
there...relating to place eg ‘leave it over there please’
their...belonging to them eg they ate their lunch at one o’clock
they’re... abbreviation for ‘they are’ eg they’re getting their knickers in a twist about misspelt words...

Bugger it! mention of course.

I think some people on here like to jump down your throat when you spell incorrectly, make a typo or show a lack of good grammar.
On an internet forum, I can see how mistakes can make a post hard to read but most people get the gist. There really isn't a need to correct anyone.
I've had it couple of times where I have asked for help and some posters seem more concerned with a typo and offer nothing in the way of advice. It's cruel.

Imo, and it's a limited one I admit, but it all comes down to how some people "Help" others.

Correcting spelling and grammar of someone that hasn't asked for that help is pointless, all it does is annoyed, it doesn't teach anything.

Helping anyone that hasn't asked for it usually ends in annoyance. How many women in this thread have been "Helped" by a random man explaining things? Or how many have been Helped by having men offer to do things when you're perfectly capable yourself?

Why are some people so against mansplaining etc but are perfectly happy to be self appointed forum and grammar police?

"Help offe'd and took in good meaning, is valued o'er help not asked but forced upon." - Edmund Alan Warboise - 1899

Really, Monday55, if you go on a thread where someone is talking about their children and say "their really struggling at school and I dont no what to do", your response would be to correct two spelling errors and a missing apostrophe? You need to be corrected on your lack of sympathy.

@metoodear

I was responding to your post

From experience, the clear answer is - not at all. One should never - NEVER - correct people when they are in the process of talking.

And just pointing out that I don't think it's true that people should NEVER be corrected.

And for what it's worth, I have been to uni and trained as a teacher. 😉

I often think when you start correcting spelling and grammar in a debate, that's when you know you've lost. It's not really necessary on here unless it is directly relevant to the discussion.

Having said that, if you know you're consistently getting it wrong then I don't understand why you wouldn't teach yourself the basics (unless dyslexic etc). Also agree with pictish. "Them" instead of "those" is another one.

Context is everything.

I would never correct someone speaking. I wouldn’t correct someone who was going through a hard time.

But sometimes posts are utterly unintelligible and some clarification is needed!

Is it just me, or is anyone else self-consciously checking their spelling and grammar more than usual before they hit post on this thread?