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Correcting people's grammar - acceptable?
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Misunderstandings can easily occur, this happened a couple of years ago when I was marking student coursework, and on quite a few of their papers I innocently commented:
'!!!!!!!'
The brighter students knew that I meant ' (You missed the) Wall To Floor (!!!!!!) ratio' which was a key component of the coursework that they had overlooked.Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
But why is if necessary for them 'to get things right' on a forum such as this?
I never said it was.. I said how would anyone ever get it right if no one ever tells them it is wrong?? Even queen of the land of pedants wouldn't know if they had never been taught.
How would we ever learn anything if we are not told?
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I never said it was.. I said how would anyone ever get it right if no one ever tells them it is wrong?? Even queen of the land of pedants wouldn't know if they had never been taught.
How would we ever learn anything if we are not told?
We would all remain as infants!
I suppose it depends who thinks they have a right to tell someone they are wrong. Perhaps if something is illegal, or there is a safety issue, or in the workplace etc.
In this sceario someone is just pacifying themselves, scratching an itch, they are not trying to help someone else.Never again will the wolf get so close to my door :eek:0 -
Correcting someone else's errors is a error in itself (on a social level)
Shouldn't that read "is an error" as opposed to "is a error" ?
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Shouldn't that read "is an error" as opposed to "is a error" ?
(quickly runs and hides behind the sofa)...
Obviously a typo, this is why some people can understandably get wound up. Did you need to point that out? Did you really imagine that you are actually helping that poster, or merely pointing out a silly error that anyone (including me) is capable of making?Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
chucknorris wrote: »Obviously a typo, this is why some people can understandably get wound up. Did you need to point that out? Did you really imagine that you are actually helping that poster, or merely pointing out a silly error that anyone (including me) is capable of making?
The posta was avin a laff warnt it. Y get so worked up bout it. Gramma freek.
Obviously the poster was pointing out the error, with tongue in cheek. Your sarcasm has been noted.:T
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Who is worked up about it, you perhaps? Certainly not me! Why are you calling me a Grammar freak, when I am arguing from the other end of the spectrum? Try thinking before posting.The posta was avin a laff warnt it. Y get so worked up bout it. Gramma freek.
Obviously the poster was pointing out the error, with tongue in cheek. Your sarcasm has been noted.:T
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:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:chucknorris wrote: »Who is worked up about it, you perhaps? Certainly not me! Why are you calling me a Grammar freak, when I am arguing from the other end of the spectrum? Try thinking before posting.
:rotfl: So far over your head:rotfl:
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I don't think they realise that you are on the same side of the argument as them lol :rotfl:
Yeah, I reckon someone started on the booze early tonight.Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
The trouble is that when people put 'loose' when they mean 'lose' (which alas seems to be a majority of people these days) what they have written then makes no sense and I really cannot see the problem in correcting their error.
Anyway, spelling isn't grammar, is it?'I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my father. Not screaming and terrified like his passengers.' (Bob Monkhouse).
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Note: win, draw or lose (not 'loose' - opposite of tight!)0
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