Does anyone else find it annoying when.........?

Question

other people insist on correcting grammer & Spelling??

Answer 1

How well or how badly you write is the one thing we can all judge you on.

Answer 2

...and 'grammer' is spelt 'grammar'... hehehehe

I used to be irritated by it until I realised that many who ask questions and write answers on here are not necessarily native english speakers, so I think a certain amount of leeway needs to be given. I still find it odd that native english speakers and writers do not see the value of spelling and grammar as I find badly written questions and answers difficult to understand and therefore the askers' meaning is not always very clear. For instance, I read the other day about a watch that had been pond. What did this mean? The watch had become a pond? The watch had been lost in a pond? They were watching a pond? No. The writer was writing that the watch had been PAWNED. Spelling, syntax, grammar are all there for a reason. To make what you write clear and understandable to others.

Answer 3

i found this somewhere:

"The phenomenal power of the human mind. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt. NOTE: I read this somewhere and I just had to pass it around. I do not know the origins of the text "

Answer 4

I think you should write "grammar & spelling" instead of "grammer & Spelling" :D Just kidding!
Of course, it is annoying. When I write something I do not want to pay attention on every word or syllable. I just want to write down my thoughts. By the way, grammar and orthographical rules may change every ten years. In Germany, Germans have made new orthographical rules which I do not like at all.

Answer 5

Absolutely not. I wish everyone did. Where are our tax-dollars going? There is no reason for there to be illiteracy in this country. So many adults these days don't even have the grammar and spelling skills of an elementary school student. It's shameful and embarrassing...and down right lazy.

(and grammar isn't spelled correctly in your question as you spelled it "grammer"..lol..sorry - just had to point that out - that is what the spell check is for)

Answer 6

1. It's not generally polite to correct someone right after they have made an error, unless you've been friends for years & appreciate it when your friend saves you from future embarrassment by telling you.

2. A tactful way in conversation, or writing, is to refer back to the subject using the correct grammar and spelling. They'll notice it & if they are wise, double check it with a good reference book.

Answer 7

It depends on the length of the thing i have been given. I was part of a team in a dreaded call centre once and ther was one girl who was quite arrogant but coundn't spell for toffee.
She was always the one that had to send emails that were not shorter than a piece of A4. It took hours to decifer, most of us did a spell check before attempting to read it. If its a paragraph then it would be a bit anal

Answer 8

I do apologise for having the type of mind which proof reads everything, and a spell check on my computer.... I do however have fingers which will insist on hitting the buttons the way they want to and therefore I have no control over what the answer to your question might be, Yours Sincerely

Answer 9

Yes, I do. Simply because on the internet you never know who you are talking too. They could be foreign, dislexic, a child, mentally challanged.

People will find fault with other people simply so no one will look at the person who is blaming the fault.

Others just don't understand that life is not perfect.

When I get on the internet, I usually don't capitilize the beginning words of a sentence....I do that because it saves me time, I'm also lazy about putting my hyphens there they need to go....doesn't mean im not smart.....i just dont have to be pUrrFect!

cuddo's to you for asking the question...it might shed some imperfect lighting on those who deem themselves as a "higher-than thou" kinda person.

hugs!

Answer 10

I agree with you. It is REALLY annoying when they do that. Some people really can't spell. Heck I never get the stupid grammar crap right half the time anyways.


The point is this people ask questions here to get information not to get slandered for their spelling or grammatical errors. If you can't get past the errors the don't answer the question, leave the poor people alone!

Answer 11

It depends on the situation. In casual conversation or a casual note, these errors aren't problems. However, when it comes to my kids I don't want them to grow up and have others think they are not articulate, so I will correct them as I want them to set high standards of communication for themselves. Let's face it, some people, and yes, I am one of them, will pass judgment on you about this. I am really embarrassed for a smart educated person who doesn't go to the effort to make these things right, particularly when I know they are smart enough to know better.

If these errors happen in an official form or a formal business document, then yes, these things are important and should be corrected. However in a less formal situation, they are not.