I think the occurrence of that happens at schooling. I don't think it's necessary or relevant unless they're working in such type of business. People aren't born in this world to please edits not unless you were born with a pencil in your hand. You talk before you write Just sayingEdited 05-Jun-24 16:11pm

Bad grammar I can live with ..if its understandable. But what I cannot accept is misspelling of names. An example is the Australian Labor Party ... that right Labor! There is no "U" in it.

The question title has spelt "grammar" wrong and the paragraphs explaining it are missing a couple of full stops and a capital letter. 😛

I like it when I read different spellings of the same words especially between Americans and Canadians.

Daniel, if it annoys the crap out of you, then it has fulfilled its task beautifully.

Daniel, wake up! That is EXACTLY what it is meant to do.

eye meyecelff donut hav eneproblums with grammar,, she makes me apple pie and cakes and things,,,,,

oh and then you go and do grammer and grammar... sigh.. too easy to do, isn't it?

As a Dyslexic its absolutely funny when it happens to me....Like Derrr I know, I suck I always have. It's more amusing that they have to comment. Its extra amusing if they are trying to use it in an argument or to try feel smarter or one up the other person because that actually displays a lack of intelligence 😄. Good Grammar and Spelling has nothing to do with intelligence! We have known that since the 1700s Actually a major % of the smartest minds, a large chunck of the most wealthy, 40% of self made millionaire entrepreneurs have Dyslexia.. Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Richard Brandson, Robin Williams, Picasso, Steven Spielberg, Nicola Tesla, etc the lists are huge, especially when you get into the scientific community. So yeah its a learning difficulty. But not a disability, Actually it makes the brain constantly be training and thus dyslexics are often very fast thinkers, fast at learning, and great problem solvers as this is what the dyslexic brain is constantly doing. So Grammar Nazi come at me brah! Cause not only are you looking like a school yard bully fk tard, looking for a I'm smarter than you ego boost. But my favourite part, is the fact you are actually showing a lack of knowledge by trying to do just that. But its also not your falt. Because dyslexia is not a mental illness or disability. But Grammar Police is an OFFICIAL MENTAL Illness a type of OCD called Grammar Pendanry Syndrome. (GPS) You probably should looked at. Could cause a little bit of cognitive conflict and confusion and generally make you feel like shit. I wouldn't swap you for it. That sounds like it sucks. Besides Dyslexia is Sexia

Metamucil….good for moderating crap………lol

If a Grammar nazi has a go at you, and they're getting all Het up. Just say There Their They're They'll luv's ya forever

Try having Dyslexia its horrible the amount of people out their that have to correct you. Yeah i have dyslexia i can't read books like most, i can't spell like most and some times what i say even don't make sense to most. But thats just me and who i am but i don't like it when people try and correct things because if you sit here and tell me what i have done wrong by the following day i will have forgotten and its gone out the window

I hayt maken mizcakes.

I don't mind being corrected. I'll edit mistakes and fix them. So far it hasn't happened.Edited 27-May-23 18:44pm

Not a battle worth fighting. No war can be won on the internet.

Are their rules about such things when it skates on bulling ... and I’m not one to be fond of that term but some find themselves stocking comments just to insult grammar spelling punctuation or sentence structures saying they can’t understand because of those things . Should someone be reported and if so how? Edited 23-Apr-23 14:44pm

for all the grammar police, here is your very own personal badge,, wear it proudly, in fact why don't y'all use it for your avi,,,,🤣https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=521156bbfb392420JmltdHM9MTY4MDM5MzYwMCZpZ3VpZD0xZjNkMWViMy0wZGExLTZkOTctMmRhMC0wYzU1MGM4ZDZjNDMmaW5zaWQ9NTg0OQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=1f3d1eb3-0da1-6d97-2da0-0c550c8d6c43&u=a1L2ltYWdlcy9zZWFyY2g_cT1HcmFtbWFyJTIwUG9saWNlJTIwQmFkZ2UmRk9STT1JUUZSQkEmaWQ9QTQyNzIyNEZFMzBBMDAyNjg3QjdENDk3QUY3RTE3MTA5NENFQUI4MQ&ntb=1 Edited 03-Apr-23 07:32am

Is it just me, or did people know how to spell better in years gone by? If it's a typo, or a mistake, I can handle that. We've all been there. It's the lazy spelling, or not being bothered to learn how to spell a simple word correctly that gets me.

I taught school for a few years, so I always corrected my children. I now correct my Grandchildren. I look at it as a learning experience, but correcting others is not my place.

I’m always being red penciled over spelling typos Grammer , comas , periods... to may question marks , a run on sentence or two. half a thought picked up a line or two later using my version of short hand . My thought of a person feels the need to insult. To question someone’s intelligence from spelling correct their there or their being used but they don’t have the mental capacity to figure where the sentences lead in thought they are the ones with questionable intelligence if they can’t attempt to follow the writers thoughts . Being stalked bullied or dogpiled because of one or two comments with errors I’d def not cool just to appear smart. They have no idea if the writer feels comfortable trying to be helpful , had a medical issue that caused the errors is new to English or just don’t want to spend more time correcting then pecking what’s running though their thoughts . Edited 02-Mar-23 15:58pm

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There's more of every complaint with the increased use if social media. But is it a complaint when you point out someone's poor grammar or making spelling mistakes when in many cases they should know better. Should know better because in some cases the criticism is directed at a professional announcer, speaker, radio or television personality. Is it too much to expect these people to speak or write properly? Many people who are not professionals do manage to speak and write properly. Here is one, I can think of many more, that really irks me. Often on :"professional" golf broadcasts the announcers, those in the towers and others on the the ground refer to the second hole or the second shot, by any player on any hole, as the secont shot or the secont hole. This is not a typo they say second with a "t" not a d.Edited 14-Nov-22 02:06am

I'm just glad there really aren't grammar or spelling Police so we can type woteva we wanna!

Speaking of which Grammar is spelt wrong IN YOUR HEADING

This discussion could go back as far as Shakespeare. Every few years or now even earlier, words and phrases slip into English. When I was still in high school I remember hearing that there was a learned group in France who deliberated on "new" words which had slipped into French and whether they could be accepted. Haven't heard of them lately, probably had a stroke over some cheeky insert. Words are constantly changing - if enough of us like it that way they stay.

Accidents are one thing, misspelling on purpose just shows immature rebellion. I don't run in circles with rebels, so that world is truly a bizarre one to me. Some people are on a different level I'll never want a part of. But great discussion, Daniel T.

lol ignore it, I type shorthand & Aussie shorthand (with a few nurse shorthand's thrown in), I'm a lazy type.....after chatting in forums for YRS! (since 1995) U learn to chat shorthand or u miss half of what people were saying as their texts flew past ur screen... At work, I have to type full on professional...all day, in reports, policies etc, so when I'm in my own time, I can cut loose a bit... If anyone has any problems with it (YES - you know who ya are) then scroll past. Don't waste ur energy on them Daniel. Edited 12-Nov-22 22:18pm

Misspelled? Why not miss-spelled? I am of the older generation and I think a lot of the mistakes like using ‘than’ instead of ‘then’ and vice versa, all boils down to laziness! Not opening our mouths properly when speaking also adds to this. It really rankles me. ??

I am an English teacher and I get really annoyed by some spelling and grammar errors. The reason being that some words are being substituted for other words quite commonly these days, but have quite different meanings. For example, then and than. One indicates a sequence of events the other indicates a comparison, but are often used interchangeably these days. Much and many, another of my hot buttons. I can accept approximations in spelling of difficult words, but these types of word were among the first 500 words most students learn at school, so they should be getting them right.

I get bullied all the time for my comments and it just washes off me like water on a duck. So while my strengths are spelling, grammar, capitalization, sentence formation..... I don't always keep my corrections of others to myself. Especially when they continue to write things that are misspelled purposely. They are above any correction. I also know that sometimes I write a word and autocorrect on my cell changes it and I don't notice it before I hit send, but if someone corrects me, I just roll with it. No time in your life or mine for being followed and harassed everywhere on here by some people. They are insecure with themselves. If people leave me alone, I don't bother them. But when they think everything is about them, they are asking for people to reply to them. You'll never make it go away for good! Let fools be fools. They obviously have nothing better to do. LolEdited 13-Nov-22 17:29pm

Its a weird social media thing. People just have become meaner and give less grace towards others for their mistakes. They feel superior when calling someone else out because they are not comfortable with their own flaws

Yes, the language and words written by young people nowadays is not good. I am a subeditor so I won’t bore you with the long list of mistakes I see, but there is one that really gets me. I would have and I would’ve are correct, I would OF is not. Of is no part of a verb and it will never be accepted. Get it through your heads! Ha ha Young people just read too much social media and not enough books and, therefore, they learn incorrect things. It’s quite sad, really.

I am pedantic about selling, sum timrs. I never spelling wurds incorr.ectly. butt. Others tymes I make miss steaks. I hope this clears all of that up.?!(

It always annoys me when people can't spell. By using the wrong spelling, it changes the meaning of what they mean to say.

punctuation can save lives, let's eat grandma, vs, let's eat, grandma. i wonder how the Egyptians went, eye before flea except after sea

I like to think my spelling is up to scratch and if not shall use a dictionary if available. It could be a generational thing but too often I see unforgivable spelling errors which irritate me no end. However I dont become a keyboard warrior correcting such errors no matter how much I would like to.

depends on whether you want people to completely, and correc tly,understand exactly what you intend

I'm not aware of any grammar police, but there certainly should be.

How can the kids of today enjoy a really good book, if they do not know how to spell correctly - perhaps they will end up writing a book that today's generation can understand - no wot i meen

Personally, I think checking one's grammar is a way we can pay due respect to the conversation in question. I'm hopeless at grammar, (always what i think) but instead of hoping it's correct, why don't I learn all about it. Not sure? I find it difficult to portray feeling. Capital letters I always think come across as aggressive , or 'pouncy' (hehe). But how to portray excitement? I always wish there was an 'excitement' text or universal font. Italics or underlined, just doesn't have the same effect

I think you correct it only when there's a need to understand what people mean when they say certain things. Some people are just not good with languages including English.

Overall its pretty petty, there are many people who boost their own self esteem by putting others down. Personally I don't care about someone misspelling a word, it doesnt affect my life so just scroll past. Of course you must know what the word was meant to be to know it was misspelt which show you understand the word/message so what's the problem

If you were corrected as a young person it becomes automatic in adult life, but today there does not appear to be time

Am shocked at the number of people who can't spell or use bad grammar

My ex husband was one of those people.

The people who are most annoyed by being corrected are the ones who get corrected the most. Probably the kind of people who were never told by their parents that they were wrong. In most cases correcting others is not worth the effort. Edited 12-Sep-22 19:11pm

It's just some people being picky and also annoys the crap out of me!

It helps to keep the educated on top

I only poke fun when the typo is amusing. Like recently someone said "I thought nits were banned from School" instead of nuts, had a chuckle at that one coz if only nits were banned lol

it does annoy me, especially when you see on advertisements and public notices! Sometimes I will correct!

A battle that does not matter.

Trouble is the education system is rubbish now go back to the old days where we learnt to spell & do tables parrot fashion. I can add up faster than my grand kids can do it on their phones. :)

A 1st world problem lol

It annoys me when people do this. It makes me think we are back in school and the teachers are giving grammar lessons again. If we spell word wrong what does it matter. Some people have very little do do in their lives if they do this type of thing.

I mean correcting someone's grammar isn't a big deal, since people don't really tend to use good grammar nowadays especially with all the abbreviations used.

I'll read it any way you like just keep on replying or I'll have nothing to make me laugh.

Grammar and Spelling - doesn't take that much effort to do it write, right, wright,....

I'm not too worried about the grammar anymore, but my pet hate is misspelled words especially on TV, from so called Elite media personalities and others. I don't read magazines or newspapers now, but I wager there are tons of mistakes there too. After all words must spelled correctly to enable one to operate the computer properly.

I don't know but with autocorrect the message is sometimes garbled, I think. However, children are not taught it at school because they get it corrected online anyway.

I must admit that I like to see correct use of grammar and spelling but I'm not in the habit of correcting others who get it wrong. One thing I have noticed is that people who make nasty or degrading comments on forums are normally the very worst users of the English language.

Where do I get one of those badges???

Ya it annoys me too when people correct other peoples spelling or grammer online particularly - to me it comes across as arrogant and narcissistic. Personally I wouldn't correct people but I would make a comment on something that looks so outrageous or funny, but only because it's funny. There's a time and place for spelling or grammar perfection and online chat/forums/informal situations is not it. If it's a business on the other hand (including blogs) then I will scrutinise every error because it tells me how much care the company/business puts into their work, but I won't tell them off rather I'll just go to the next business who knows how to spell or use grammar.Edited 12-Sep-22 15:46pm

If people don't correct your spelling mistakes how are you ever going to learn? With the exception of some people with disabilities, there is no reason people can't learn to spell correctly. Even our journalists are so blase these days (where are the proofreaders). To me spelling mistakes just show a person's ignorance and lack of education. Aim high people!

Spelling and grammar police are not my friends

I doubt that it can ever be correct again in our lifetime. It's a combination of bad education, phones, auto-correct and simply 'I don't care' these days. The time for remedying it has long gone. By the way it annoys me that I have to re-read things to understand them due to the bad grammar and spelling.

I don't go around correcting people's grammar or spelling, unless they are being hateful, racist or misogynist. Then everything about the way they display their ignorance and hatred is fair game! As long as I can understand what people are meaning, I am generally not too concerned. I would be lying though if I said it did not irritate me to see really common words spelled incorrectly, or where poor grammar changes the whole meaning of the sentence.Edited 12-Sep-22 15:12pm

The thing that annoys me the most is when I am reading a book that has not been properly proofread, if at all. Many authors who have books "self published", especially on Kindle, or the like, have horrendous errors, such as switching the names of previously named characters, or using the incorrect spelling of common homophones like there, their, they're, two, too, to, and it's, its. It drives me crazy! But my husband tells me that most people (himself included) hate to be corrected, so I have tried to stop myself from correcting people that I know personally. The only other situation where I couldn't stop myself is when I was employed as a Teacher's Aide at a publlic school, working in Special Education classrooms. Many of the teachers that I worked with (for 20 years) were younger than I am, and were not as strictly educated by Catholic nuns as as I was. They often made common spelling and grammar errors when writing on the instructional devices in front of the class. I felt that it was part of my job to make corrections ( subtly as possible) because young children are most likely to remember whatever they have seen most recently, (last in, first out). This sometimes didn't go over well with certain teachers, but I simply couldn't ignore it. I am retired now, so I can let it be. My daughters are adults now, and hopefully they remember the things that II taught them. I did proofread this comment before I sent it. Feel free to comment if you agree or disagree. Edited 12-Sep-22 14:50pm

ok

I don't even worry about it

The title of your topic has a misspelt word.

tell em too root their boot....................

Poor grammar is no excuse really, but there are still a lot of people poor on spelling!! Both these traits are related to literacy, & not everyone had those benefits! I am dyslexic, but could still out-spell most teachers in my primary years. Misuse of apostrophes are my bones of contentions. Edited 12-Sep-22 13:47pm

No it is not. Some people lake skill with correct grammar, spell check doesn't always work.

I know longer worry about the small things in life. Bad grammar included. It's a matter of choice and above all self preservation.

Me too

Be like me and ignore them all. I just say that the spool choker os broke and windows tells lies.

Grammer should be taught at schools, also there's a program called Grammarly that will show the correct spelling and punctuation. Easy.

It annoys me that people do not know how to spell or the correct grammar to use. Schools used to teach this somebody in their wisdom decided that it did not matter whether you could write and spell correctly and use the correct grammar

This annoys me!

Sllepnig is hglihy orvretead...you can pobrblay raed tihs aynawy...

Nothing worse than seeing poor grammar from so called educated people

It annoys me too.We now have many people in our countries who have not been able to have the benefits of our education systems. For those, who have to learn a different language and are really trying, have some respect for what they are trying to achieve. Just remember, if you were in their country, just how you would feel if someone there was showing their superiority about your writing and spelling. Do what I do, when you are replying just use the word that offends you correctly in your sentence and maybe, just maybe, they will see and learn. Edited 12-Sep-22 12:28pm

Not me

The teaching of spelling and grammar has been abolished. We have a friend who is a Primary School Teacher. Her main subject is English yet, by her own admission, she has great difficulty spelling even the simplest words and that would include most of the words I have written which have more than four letters! People have become so accustomed to using as few letters and almost no punctuation thanks to the arrival of Mobile Phones etc. that spelling, grammar and punctuation have become obsolete. So far as I am concerned I think that is a great pity - BUT we have to move with the times.

it not me

You annoy the crap out of me! Aim higher Daniel.

Spelling sometimes

MY WIFE IS MY SPELLING AND GRAMMAR POLICE PERSON. I ALWAYS RUN THINGS PAST HER , HAPPY WIFE HAPPY LIFE. ALSO I KNOW EVERYTHING IS CORRECT.

Whu cares if your gramma is knot up too scratch as long as u can get yaw meshage a XEdited 12-Sep-22 10:24am

Not everyone is good with their grammar, the world we live in has changed our focus

None of us are perfect. My grammar is not perfect.

I don't mind grammatical errors or spelling, but no punctuation or every other word a profane one is where i draw the line.

As long as people understand what you mean don't let it annoy you none of us are perfect

You may have just created a new Rewardian saying Daniel "just plain Jerky"! i'm a liking it.

haha same Daniel..me got bigger problemo's than spellin. If we were being paid now that would be a diff story. And some people don't have english as their first language etc. Edited 15-Nov-22 20:04pm

By the way people, English is not always the first language for other people, so stop blowing your stiff nose at us

I know once i left school my spelling and reading go down under. As i don't used and forget how to spell things.

teachers today can't spell so how can we expect our children to learn correct spelling.

would be good for us all to be perfect but.....

not everyone is good at spelling, that is why you proof read what you have written before you send it away. A misspelling word could change the meaning of what you are saying altogether. For me Daniel T, as long as you relay what you want to say. leave the jerky to be jerked