2007-02-22 00:20:31 · 16 answers · asked by Charles R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
to get the person they are arguing riled up? if you argue with someone who is very emotional they are more likely to make mistakes, and miss your mistakes?
not that i'd do it but that would be a 'good' reason to?
2007-02-22 00:28:42 · answer #1 · answered by richard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad spelling and poor grammar does not lose an argument and people who constantly make the mistake of pointing this out are entirely missing the point of an argument. They're not giving their argument in response to an argument put, they're just wasting time talking about spelling etc.
2007-02-23 03:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they do think they have won the argument, all they are doing is pointing the errors you have made. An example of this is the way you have formed your question because it would have been better to have put it this way:
Why do people think that they have won an argument by pointing out that you have misspelt something?
Cheers
2007-02-22 08:33:44 · answer #3 · answered by ragingmk 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a lame way to get 2 points. I've pointed out errors (like the fact that you misspelled the word misspelled), but always provide a real answer as well. They are just losers...ignore them.
2007-02-22 08:29:15 · answer #4 · answered by Enchanted 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's"grasping at straws". If you can't formulate a defense or argument, pick at something else. It's lame and I think the people doing it appear smart to themselves,but it comes off as petty. It's on the same level as name calling if you can't think of something to say.
2007-02-22 08:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by lumberman57 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I just answered this question...because it makes them feel better about themselves to point out someone elses mistakes...people are selfish and they think they know everything.
2007-02-22 08:23:20 · answer #6 · answered by ~J*me~ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's an admission of defeat since they clearly knew what you meant and couldn't respond to it
(unless it was completely incomprehensible, which is the case at times)
2007-02-22 09:34:29 · answer #7 · answered by Go Blue 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hehe.. Actually, they are just pointing out their superiority because they are all grammatically correct and the asker is not, so that gives the answerer more leverage because he seems smarter.
2007-02-22 08:25:22 · answer #8 · answered by Nasubi 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They are just ignorant....and to be ignored! It takes so little to make a dum dum feel superior.
2007-02-22 08:29:19 · answer #9 · answered by Heidi 4 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Petty, pathetic.
2007-02-22 08:29:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋