Giving out "spelling advice"

Started by Cohacq September 29th, 2010 2:00 AM
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Why do some people insist on giving out spelling advice as soon as someone makes a typo in a thread? This isnt just on this forum, but appears everywhere. IMHO it has nothing to do with the thread (unless the spelling is so bad you can't understand what the writer means) and just fills it with useless text that doesnt really help anyone.

Agree/disagree?

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Strongly disagree. Sure, the grammar itself normally has nothing to do with the topic... but it just makes the forum seem less intelligent as a whole. Personally I only correct people because it bothers the hell out of me if I don't, but if I had to give an honest reason it would be that.

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People like that are just annoying usually, especially if only a few errors were made.

It's a completely different story if someone makes a post with a TON of spelling mistakes, as that just looks very unintelligent and possibly inebriated by some substance or lack of sleep. Just ignore the idiots who try to correct you, they'll shut up if you don't react to them at all usually.

Still I do understand how they feel. Seeing someone with poor spelling really annoys me, but I also realize that I make errors from time to time, especially when I'm half asleep, so I try to avoid being a spelling nazi unless that person has obviously posted something with many mistakes...and in that case, I'm usually only saying something out of kindness, since the trolls like to eat n00bs who are terrible at spelling >D

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I don't give spelling advice since as you may have already noticed I suck at spelling. I make so many mistakes but without knowing it. I usually don't re-read what I type so errors always make thier way into the posted product. >B(
I hate it though when spelling noobs, give out "advice" and make your error look so big when they can't even spell "and" without making an error. XD

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As long as the title of the topic is understandable, then it doesn't really bother me if a few errors were made. However, if someone actualy meant to misspell the title, it annoys me.. xD I don't like to correct people though, because I used to get corrected a few years back, and I know how annoying it can be because it made me feel stupid that I couldn't type as well as I do now. So yeah, I don't wanna give out spelling advice. I'm sure they'll learn how to spell as time progresses.



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I don't understand. I'm fluent in chtspk and I can pretty much make sense out of any message you put in front of me so I feel no need to correct anyone. If I don't understand what I'm reading, I'll ask for clarification - but I wouldn't correct someone's spelling errors. That person could be dyslexic; he mightn't have had the best education; he just might have had a bad day and doesn't care about how he looks over the internet; maybe he just doesn't care. Grammar's the same. I don't know why people would try and enforce what's right on you - just makes you come off as arrogant/pretentious I guess.

@Pachy: When you're inebriated, you type as you would normally. Anyone who does so otherwise... isn't inebriated.
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if the error isn't clearly a typo i guess taking initiative to correct the person is a "considerate thing to do" for future reference (though some people come off rather haughty about it) but i'd rather correct someone in private. doing it in the middle of a public discussion seems impolite, kind of like informing someone they've got a crotch stain loudly in a room full of people.

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People use spelling everyday of their lives, and generally just English in general. If you can't spell a simple world correctly, it's probably good people point it out to you.

I, on the other hand, really don't care if someone makes spelling mistakes.
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I have no idea. I'm leaning toward disagree.

It used to bother me, to no end. I couldn't stand it, at all. When I got paired with this girl, on another forum, the first thing I told her was, "do you mind capitalizing the beginning of your sentences?" Not a very nice thing to do. Nowadays, I'm on so many different forums and have gotten used to it. Still, I very much prefer it when people use proper punctuation and grammar. Makes it easier on the eyes.
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Yeah, it's a weird thing. On the one hand, I make a typo (I edit them if I see them though) here and a mistake where I just didn't know it better (due to English only being my second language) there, and still I occassionally tend to correct people who have a worse spelling (yes, that IS possible) than me.

When I do that, I try to make it only a line in a bigger on-topic post though. But it's not that often anyways.

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I think people just get irked by typos- I know I do sometimes. I can understand most of what people are saying, but spelling mistakes still bother me. If there are more than two typos in a sentence, I feel the need to correct the person. I will post my own content after correcting them, of course; I won't just waste space telling them what they are doing wrong. People who do that irk me.
One word I can excuse is "grammar". I think about 75% of the people I know spell it wrong.
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You must be joking. Or very bad at statistics. How do they spell it, then?
They tend to spell it "grammer". 75% might be off a bit, but I do see it spelled correctly about one out of every four times I see the word. I just sigh and shake my head at the world.
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It kind of bugs me when people misspell simple words such as "does." On the other hand, if they are spelling words like "acrylic," but add two 'L's I will point it out, because it is just something simple.

I have my days where I can't spell(or type, rather) to save my life, so I understand both sides. Dx
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I can't stand even the most minute literary errors in the sentence construction of an individual. It irks me to no end, and I instantly label the user in question as "inferior".

Meh.
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It irks me, being the stickler for grammar that I am, but I typically don't point it out except for the rare occasion that I'm actually reviewing a piece of fan fiction. I'm just too lazy to correct it, just like I'm too lazy to review fan fiction on a regular basis.

However, I am careful to make sure that there are no errors in my own posts... I don't appear quite as stupid that way. xD

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Oh, and then there are the people who try way to hard to sound smart. People who spend like 10 minutes to type one sentence... .
Intelligence is extremely necessary in a community full of morons who cannot even spell "you're" and "too".
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Intelligence is extremely necessary in a community full of morons who cannot even spell "you're" and "too".
Or to people who are insecure and need to constantly reassure themselves that they're superior whilst on the internet.

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If I'm posting anyway I may point out the odd spelling mistake and what have you; if a piece of writing (be it a storyline of a hack or fanfiction - the latter being unlikely in my case) that should be properly written, I will point it out. If it's really bad (u r a 10 yrold bo yin the kanto rejun...) then I'll probably add in the "dude grammar" comment or something along those lines (irony intended).

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I could really care less. If you insist on sounding like an uneducated child, I won't stop you. I prefer to sound like an adult, but I won't impose that on others.


Just adding this~

We are on a Forum, dedicated to Pokemon, of all things. We aren't discussing Quantum Mechanics, talking about our recent Stock dealings on Wall Street, or what we wrote our Doctorate dissertations on. It's supposed to be more lax, and kid-oriented.

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We are on a Forum, dedicated to Pokemon, of all things. We aren't discussing Quantum Mechanics, talking about our recent Stock dealings on Wall Street, or what we wrote our Doctorate dissertations on. It's supposed to be more lax, and kid-oriented.
I agree completely. You have to remember that this is a Pokemon forum and it should be open to younger audiences. No, I'm not saying that Pokemon is just for kids, and I realize that it doesn't take an adult to properly spell, but you have to remember that there are people on this forum who are younger than you are.
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I appreciate being called out on it, since I do intend to type correctly. I don't tend to correct others because of the highly variable reception; some take it awfully spitefully while others (particularly non-native speakers who are still somewhat new to English) have recieved me very positively.
I always correct my friends since... it is one of those things where, having a stranger do it is rude, but you'd let someone you know do it all the time.