What is the purpose of Pedants' Corner? (Genuinely looking for views)

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This was being discussed on another thread here, so I thought I'd see what others thought. Is it for any of these?

1. Letting off steam about language misuse seen elsewhere on MN
2. Having a general moan about abuses in the wider world (at work, in the media etc)
3. A more educational purpose of allowing people to get clarification around something in their own writing or in the writing of others
4. To inform about points of pedantry on any subject (not just English language)

Of course, feel free to add other options, just thought a few suggestions would help.

You beat me to it, iklboo

While I suppose a lightning strike has the brief effect of lightening your room....

It's called LIGHTNING!!!!

I was wondering when purpose number 1 would raise it's head on the topic of lightning! Start your own thread for that! (Although Petula will be happy if this thread goes off topic )

Sorry, if I've sounded arsey; it must be the heat. I wouldn't know if we've crossed paths before because I'm a bloke and never notice anyone's name.

Awwww! You put an apostrophe in the possessive its

Kidding! I know the damnable smartphone correction was at work.

Actually I can't blame phone correction. I know perfectly well the difference between its and it's but just suffered a concentration lapse. I got it wrong. Sorry, pedants.

on another thread someone called that murphy's law of pedantry - so if you post in pedants' corner you will make a mistake somewhere

(i have no leg to stand on - i rarely bother with capital letters on here)

I'm so glad the 'lightening' is annoying everybody else too, I just popped over to scream before I have to tell somebody and be harassed by those who think it is patronising and good spelling and grammar is trivial

It's the glorious space where you can't be flamed for being a pedant.

To pedal the pedantic nature of the perilous misuse of the potency of our parle (we could say) in the most purest way.

Shall we pitter and patter pneumonic-a-ll--aayy?
No the day!!
Punctuate, create, penetrate at a parental rate.

PS. I'm not sure tho.. cos, pedants and peasants are too alike, and am pure posh procuring this. Am trying to look like a good mum so if it's all periods then am Putin.

It's good to see that objective 3 in my original list has been addressed a few times recently on PC. It's not all about getting in a rage with other people!

Definitely a safety valve for me. Things like "could of" make me really uncomfortable and I really, really want to correct them - but I can see that it's often inappropriate and that, even if maybe it isn't, I would get flamed anyway. So I say thank goodness for Pedants' corner.