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How much does it bother you when a person on the internet corrects your spelling, grammar, or misuse of a word? Do you correct others for these things? Do you want to correct others but you refrain because it might spark drama?

JenBeberstein 8 Sep 2
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I am occasionally a grammar Nazi, but usually only when someone is seriously overusing internet shorthand or their spelling and/or grammar are completely abominable. It was something I made a point of in my dating profiles on dating sites I used because it's important to me. If it is simply a matter of typos, I usually overlook it. I don't worry about "sparking drama" because if someone doesn't want to learn proper word use and/or grammar, I don't really care what they think about my correcting them, and I don't take issue with others pointing out typos or misspellings in my own posts because if I missed them myself I'd like to go back and correct them.

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I used to be a grammar nazi (intentionally not capatilizing). In a world with "hru" or "wtf" I really don't care too much. Used to point out lots of errors, however, most get offended, and most can figure out what I am saying.

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I write a lot of my posts on my phone and find that the cursor jumps around, while I'm focused on what I'm writing or spell-check decides to 'help out' and it frustrates the heck out of me and I try to keep that in mind if I see someone else writing that seems awkward or misspelled. I hope that if I'm correcting someone, it's light-humored nature is evident and it doesn't come off as pious.

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I don't correct people, but I was corrected by a girl I liked the first time I wrote her on Facebook. I hadn't talked to her in over 30 years. Haven't written her since! Jerk!

you might block me for this but...a former girl?

@btroje I'd bet he means a girl he formerly liked.

@Donotbelieve if you keep this up, I will have a hard time not falling in love with you!

lol I don't blame you for not writing back. Tho I must tell you it was the grammatical errors that made me immediately realise I had a con-artist. He said he was 5 generation American and had a profile pic that was caucasion. I knew by his grammar that English was not his first language. Poor grammar can tell you things like that and it might tell you something about a person's education but it can't tell you about a person's IQ or character.

@Donotbelieve Pease don't!

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I like to be corrected when I am wrong so that I can learn from it and stop being wrong. I often want to correct others but I stop myself because I am not trying to cause any confrontation.

@Donotbelieve thank you! I like you and tend to agree with your comments. It's a shame we live so far apart, I imagine we could have great fun together.

@Donotbelieve I have never been told that before but thank you, seriously! I like your face, you look approachable while still looking like you'd be totally straight up!

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