do u correct their spelling?

[trencherman]

Where would we all be without varieties of English. No Shaw’s Pygmalion and therefore, no Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady and sadly, no Cecil Beaton and Audrey Hepburn's Eliza Doolittle.

 

[John Smith]

Being a teacher I guess I cannot helpt it

 

[John Smith]

lol - helpt=help - oh dear!

 

[trencherman]

That'll teach 'em.

 

[jeenzcawk]

I am usually tempted to, but I refrain from doing it, there are more important things in life

 

[SimplyJakeAndAlex]

lol - helpt=help - oh dear!

You're damn lucky your students haven't seen that one LOL

 

[Tjerk12]

When I was in The Royal Dutch Air Force now and than I had to do my duty in the Alarm Office. The work there was done by a soldier. He spoke English with a perfect French accent. Why? Because he learned English by doing his job. And his contacts were French people. It sounded perfect: zeeeeroh zree speakingggg.

 

[sympatico]

creature of habit ... elementary teacher, so yes lol

 

[Cerno]

Such people r called Grammar NAZIs. I met few of them in Deviant Art and all of them are super rude. They talk like they're genius. They make sure u feel guilty about ur mis-usage of English. As a self-published gay writer (esp coz English is not my primary language), honestly, grammar Nazis discourage me sometimes...

It's VERY RUDE! It's similar to telling a stutterer that he/she stutters. I mean, he/she knows he/she stutters. No need to point out the obvious.

I myself usually type a lot of typos coz when I type fast - my vowels always come before consonants. For example I type 'eher' for here. Other time is tense problem coz the confusing past vs present, or simply coz I'm not paying attention.

When talking to friends, I NEVER correct them. I understand their typos. If I don't, I ask politely.

 

[trencherman]

The following observation does not apply necessarily to spelling. Correcting people you do not know is essentially a national and a class trait. The French, specially those employed to serve you, are notorious for this. So are American servers in low-end diners. Never encountered this in Italy, Spain and Portugal. Rarely in Germany or the Netherlands and hardly ever in Scandinavian countries. Not in the whole of Latin and Central America either and neither in China and Taiwan.

 

[ihno]

 

[buffpaul]

That's me !!

 

[alexfot55]

Yes, I do it often,but not in an insulting way,and I even go further sometimes analyzing. (my bf likes to better his syntax.)

 

[dargelos]

Typos and strange spellings, who cares? But if I am being pedantic the three things I can't bear in bad English are;
"This hotel is the ultimate experience" Don't stay there then since the ultimate or final experience in life is death.
" Here I am in the epicentre of London shopping" Has there been an earthquake? Only earthquakes have epicentres.
"Absolutely!" Absolutely what? It might mean I agree or it could equaly mean I disagree.

 

[thetruth123455555]

no.