I empathize and sympathize with your pet hate. However, I see it from the opposite view: as one whose strength and forte is and always will be the English language. I was taught, and it is now an integral part of me, that spelling, grammar, pronunciation, and all the rest were very important and showed respect for the language. So, for me, the constant inundation of everything that is incorrect or just plain wrong is like getting a middle finger (or, to use your phrase, being penalized) every time I see, read, or hear the garbled version that is accepted nowadays. But as I said, I do understand and empathize with you. I also understand that most people nowadays do not place the same importance as I do on correct usage. Most of the time, I just let it go and not get upset. Different strokes....

The English language is a nightmare. I for one write as I would speak, and could care less about all the rules and regulations!

People always judge, it's in our nature. The problem is that they make snap reactions without taking the time to consider, or investigate all the factors. I'm guilty myself of just that. To solve any problem, we must first bring attention to it. And I think you've done a wonderful job. So post away with your grammaricly incorrect bad self. I mostly just delete the haters, who needs em anyhow.

it's bullying. i hurt with you in pain & rage, having grown up the target of ridicule myself. people can be incredibly cruel; but it is THEIR cruelty, & you can give it right back to them - as i began to discover one day when i just couldn't take it any more. i would say: "i feel hurt; say, when you go home now & look in a mirror, do you find perfection there?" do not let others - burdened & bent down with the insecurity their own imperfections cause them - wear you down. no one can actually be your judge, unless you let them - in your mind.

So sorry you had to experience that. I have some similar traits for which I have been unfairly criticized, so I know how it can sting. I hope I don’t make a bad situation worse but I feel compelled to elaborate. I think I saw that post, and I don’t think the commenter was actually criticizing your spelling, but rather agreeing with you by way of an obtuse joke. I think you mentioned immigrants, and he/she said “you spelled invaders wrong.” I think it was just an unfortunate misunderstanding, but I could be wrong too. Best wishes to you in any case.

My typing is bad/slow with many typos.... If it was not for spell check, I would be up a creek. I try hard to correct my errors as I go, but sometimes they slip by. Folks should be a bit less critical of inconsequential things.

sorry that happened to you. I knew someone with a genius IQ that was unable to read.I read with auto edit and would only comment if spellcheck or whatever stuck a word in there that really changed the meaning of what they meant or made it completely unintelligible

That sucks. I'm sorry for your struggle and your frustration. It's not cool that the illiterate-by-choice crowd are giving people like you a bad name. I have much respect for you giving it your best effort despite your challenge. Unfortunately, no one CAN see you typing with one finger after 16 years, then going back over everything underlined by Grammarly. You are a minority, as most don't seem to care about literacy anymore. Try not to take it personally and instead assume that anyone criticizing you is tired of trying to decipher what some are slopping down carelessly. Maybe even preface it with a simple disclosure like "Please ignore errors...I'm doing my best!" to avoid having to deal with the Nazis.

Who cares..you know who you are....my grammar is despicable as I never went to school in the US...does not make me dumb..so fuck them the spelling Nazi

Well said. Anyone callous enough to correct you online has an inferiority complex and lack of impulse control. I follow you because you have good talking points, your art is interesting, and you're hot. Really, really hot! You're my British eye candy!