• drislands@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Seriously. It’s never helpful to be smug and condescending about spelling and grammar. When I offer correction, I always make sure to be strictly factual and polite wherever possible, because sometimes people just don’t know the difference.

    • riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      i dont mind getting corrected. what i hate is ppl telling me that my spelling or punctuation sucks without offering any corrections. this is especially great when they use this to discredit me

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      1 year ago

      I thought that correcting spelling or grammar at all is ableist and condescending. If you can understand what they meant at all, then leave it alone. At least, that’s what I get told.

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        1 year ago

        I’m all for that until it comes to words like lose and loose. They’re not even close to the same thing and I will call you out for it.

        That being said I’m not gonna be a dick about it

      • drislands@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Whoever says that is incorrect in general, though there are specific scenarios where it is needlessly discriminating and just wrong – such as trying to correct dialects (think color/colour).