There is no such word as "eachother"...

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...or "inbetween", "alot", "ofcourse", "infront" or "thankyou" (or "ect").

I'm probably BVU and I realise this is a forum not a dissertation, that some people are dyslexic and others didn't have the benefit of a good education, that language evolves and that "today" used to be two words and that this isn't Pedants' Corner.

But it's very annoying nonetheless (which is a word).

Deargod gettalife OP

Or 'noone'.

What I don't understand is why some people - who clearly take care to write their own posts carefully and accurately - take such an exception to any mention of SPAG errors when it's not aimed at any specific poster or referencing any particular thread or post.

I appreciate some people do struggle with such things, but people also struggle with maths and no-one gets so hot under the collar when someone mentions, say, a misunderstanding of how percentages work.

Yes, so I meant when people only use the everyday spelling, instead of using the right spelling for the context 🙂

See also, practise and practice.

A pisspoor one, as they might say in Private Eye.

I used to be pedantic when it comes to SPAG and have previously been quite judgemental when people don't get it so to speak. However, I now have a friend who is dyslexic and he's so self conscious about it. He won't play any games where there's reading involved. He's reluctant to send text messages or emails. It's made me a lot more understanding about other people's struggles.

What would you want to happen as a result of your post? Would you expect everyone to refer to a dictionary every time they post on here? Or would you rather they didn't post at all? If they type 'everyday' rather than 'every day', does it read differently? No. So it's probably best to think you're fortunate that that's not a struggle you have and move on.

@politicalintrigue yes it does make sense in that context.

Aren’t you contradicting your whole post in that first sentence?

YABU posting this here when it should be in pedants corner.

they generally don’t say how “annoying” it is

Give it a rest @politicalintrigue, dissertation made perfect sense as an example of a piece of formally assessed writing.

that would not downgrade for us of eachother unless English

I always wonder what people who start these threads want? I assume you only want people who can use perfect SPaG to post on MN, and anyone who struggles to be made to feel like shit.

I appreciate some people do struggle with such things, but people also struggle with maths and no-one gets so hot under the collar when someone mentions, say, a misunderstanding of how percentages work.

never seen anyone say this is “very annoying” when people misunderstand percentages though

i wonder when they do it in AIBU rather than the relevant forum

attention?

If I'm suggesting anything I guess it's that this mistake is so common that not everyone who gets it wrong has any "reason" to do so, other than simply not being aware it's two words.

If, for example, I hadn't realised it's "toe the line", not "tow the line", and then I read something correcting that misapprehension I would then start spelling it correctly.

Are you a teacher? If so, it is the summer holidays. Read a book or something. Otherwise, leave people and their SPAG alone.

A feeling of superiority more like.

Well, this is AIBU. The first rule of AIBU is to take exception ;)

The truth is, I used to be like you.

Then I had two dyslexic DC and I see how belittled they are and how low their confidence is due to their SPAG struggles. They're creative, interesting, think differently - but these things aren't measured in school so they think they're stupid. Their peers pick up on their mistakes and remark upon them. It's horrible to witness and I can only do so much to mitigate it. They don't need people telling them their misspelling is "annoying" into adulthood. And nor do the other millions of dyslexics.

You don't understand how dyslexia works.

because you’re awesome OP

😂😂😂

That is absolutely a fair point (about your friend who is dyslexic).

It was really only meant as a fairly light-hearted rant, but I suppose if I had to say what I wanted out of this thread it would be that a few people might see it and realise that it's correct to write "each other" rather than "eachother".

I'm happy to admit that it happens to me from time to time (for example I didn't realise it was "I am loath to do x" rather than "I am loathe").

I'm not sure how you can infer that when that comment was referring specifically to people who are not dyslexic, but I'm happy to be educated.