To think that mn should have a rule that any post that

[saint2shoes]

comments on another posters spelling, should be deleted.
what is it with this, who really cares?
makes me so angry

I am afraid that if you think that you can post judgemental comments and not expect others to then judge you by your (lack of)ability to spell then you are being slightly naive

My first thread, ever, was about people commenting on spelling and grammar.
I got roasted
YANBU

yabu-bad spelling is cringeworthy and detracts from the meaning of the post.

Well, crap spelling makes some people angry! Though I don't generally comment (except on pedants' threads where they have made a mistake themselves - then you just have to), I don't mind people who do. They are right, after all. The pedantry and bridling at things like text-speak is one of the things I really like about MN.

I'm waiting with baited breath for Cod to turn up on this thread!

Or is it bated?

It is bated!

YABU because it helps the normal and sane amongst us to sort the wheat from the chaff and avoid

i think its quite childish to pick on someone for spelling mistakes

The thing is, what really riles pedants is ignorance and people not knowing how to spell. We all know cod probably can spell, so we don't care.

cod CAN spell-she can't type. there is a difference.
nobody has a problem with typos.

I don't normally pick up on spelling errors unless the poster is pissing me off with the content of the post. In fact have only once pointed out poor spelling.

It all depends how it's said IMO.

If you're having an argument with someone who can't spell and seems to have found it impossible to get to grips with grammar and you start taking the piss then, IMO, you FAIL.

If you just point it out then fine, but using it as extra ammunition in an argument/discussion unrelated to spelling and/or grammar is low.

u iz bean well unnreezonable, innit?

Picking posters up on their grammar NOT ON unless:

a) OP asking pedantry/proof reading question
b) in retaliation for some wanker berating a mner for a misspelling purely because the wanker disagreed with the misspelling mner, and the wanker can't spell themselves.

Agree with VS - it's just grasping at strores.

And I meant to add a to b) on m'last post.

Me too LL

Objecting to text-speak is one thing, but I often see posts where a comment on spelling or grammar is used to put someone down.I think that is unpleasant and bad-mannered in extremis.

And funnily enough, although I am a terrible typist and my posts are typically full of terrible mistakes, no-one has ever commented. I wonder why?? Time and time again I see sneery comments to posters considered ignorant in some way.

If you don't know how to spell something, you don't know how to spell it. it doesn' invalidate your opinion.

Are only those with grammar school educations allowed to pass judgement on others?

I think it is always shameful to 'show someone up' - and does no credit to your own level of debate.

uncomfatable fab new term

I typed 'restidential home' in ref to old folks home earlier.
I want to live in a restidential home, it sounds relaxing.

Yes, my typing is shit too.

I never get any digs

that's probably because I am like Ro-Land from Grange Hill though.

commenting on spelling is childish.

I once typed a long response on a very emotive thread, only for a poster to pull me up on the misspelling of one word. It totally detracted from the thread and was, IMO completely unnecessary.

There's a time and a place, and more often than not serious threads are not the place.