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Post by meowgal on Aug 18, 2014 14:56:37 GMT
I have a dear friend who asked me to correct her, but it became such a common occurrence, without any changes, that I gave up! Now I just grit my teeth when I hear her say, "He come inside the house" or "I don't have no patience" ....it is literally all through every conversation and I grew tired of correcting her, only to have her do the same thing 5 minutes later. She is a lovely person, so I just have to accept the mistakes. grrrrrrr.
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Post by LAM88 on Aug 22, 2014 13:15:30 GMT
Also, I am astounded that so many adults just cannot get the difference between your and you're. If FB and message boards are anything to go by, it's almost 50/50 split between people who get it wrong and those who get it right. With auto correct and voice-to-text, or just typing too fast, I always assume that it just came out wrong and the person missed that typo. I most definitely know the difference and I'm sure I've put the wrong one down on occasion by accident.
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Post by MerryMom on Aug 22, 2014 14:31:26 GMT
No, I don't feel compelled and I find those that correct someone publicly so incredibly rude. (I probably just used incorrect grammar). Unless you are the person's English teacher and are paid to do so, never do this publicly and I would think twice about doing it in private with the person. Maybe a co-worker would be the only exception for me. It would have to be something that makes the person look bad versus basic grammar mistakes. This wasn't a grammar mistake, but a pronunciation mistake, I had to tell a caseworker (during supervision in which we were the only two people in the room) that the word is subpoena, not subpenis. When she testified in court, she used the word "subpenis" as in "I am here in court to testify as I received a subpenis for this court hearing."
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Post by gottapeanow on Aug 22, 2014 15:38:54 GMT
Classic [HASH]MerryMom, just classic.... I do sometimes, depending on the situation. People sometimes expect it of me because I am a writer, editor and proofreader. Lisa
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Post by delilahtwo on Aug 22, 2014 15:41:00 GMT
So in this thread, there have been a few things. Regarding the bike ride, the poster said "have rode". Isn't it "have ridden"? Or am I completely off base?
Posters have referred to other people as "that". For example, the girl that bought that suitcase. Should that not be "the girl WHO bought that suitcase"?
I am not perfect by any means but there are some errors so common that they have almost become accepted. That drives me crazy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 15:54:14 GMT
I would prefer to be corrected if speaking incorrectly. However, I usually don't say anything to other people who don't speak or pronounce words properly. I DO correct children, and occasionally people if I think they just aren't aware of how a word should be pronounced -- like edamame or Cricut, for example. I do not correct people who obviously just learned things the wrong way and are adults. Improper use of seen, come, don't, etc, are habits and I figure any adult I know is aware of the proper use or capable of changing their speaking habits if they want to. I do know someone who correct her husband EVERY TIME he speaks incorrectly and it drives me crazy. Some day I'm going to explode and tell her how bad it makes HER look. It's embarrassing for everyone when she does it.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Aug 22, 2014 16:17:30 GMT
Never. My children are the only exception. I don't care how well meaning a person intends the correction, to the vast majority of people, it will come off as boorish and embarrass the speaker.
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Post by Anita on Aug 22, 2014 17:28:27 GMT
I will only correct my offspring. I do admit to inwardly cringing at times, but I am sure I do other things that make other people cringe, so it all evens out in the end.
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Post by myshelly on Aug 22, 2014 17:32:26 GMT
I can understand being offended if people correct you in public.
However, here, in a forum like this, if someone corrects you why don't you take that as an opportunity to learn?
Do people just truly not want to learn the correct grammar?
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Post by sisterbdsq on Aug 22, 2014 17:54:11 GMT
I can understand being offended if people correct you in public. However, here, in a forum like this, if someone corrects you why don't you take that as an opportunity to learn? Do people just truly not want to learn the correct grammar? I wonder the same thing. Instead, do people prefer to be laughed at or pitied behind their back?
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The Birdhouse Lady
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Aug 22, 2014 18:50:45 GMT
I don't say anything. Just last night I was talking with a man whose daughter plays soccer with my daughter. He said "ain't" about 5 times. I was really surprised he used that word, he is an architect. I think it must be a habit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 19:45:17 GMT
I try not to, but I had to bite my tongue when my cousin posted a pic of her 3 granddaughter's. I wanted to write granddaughter's what?
Ann
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Post by LAM88 on Aug 22, 2014 19:46:20 GMT
I can understand being offended if people correct you in public. However, here, in a forum like this, if someone corrects you why don't you take that as an opportunity to learn? Do people just truly not want to learn the correct grammar? How is this any less public? If you really feel compelled to correct someone's grammar than at least PM them. But I can tell you that I would find it completely obnoxious. I am a stickler for correct grammar, but many many times on forums like these I will go back and make several revisions before posting something, and only realize after the fact (and sometimes quite a while after the fact) that part of what I posted is no longer grammatically in accordance with my revision.
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Post by myshelly on Aug 22, 2014 20:49:52 GMT
I can understand being offended if people correct you in public. However, here, in a forum like this, if someone corrects you why don't you take that as an opportunity to learn? Do people just truly not want to learn the correct grammar? How is this any less public? If you really feel compelled to correct someone's grammar than at least PM them. But I can tell you that I would find it completely obnoxious. I am a stickler for correct grammar, but many many times on forums like these I will go back and make several revisions before posting something, and only realize after the fact (and sometimes quite a while after the fact) that part of what I posted is no longer grammatically in accordance with my revision. Your "than" should be "then". I don't consider this public. First of all, this isn't real life. It's an anonymous message board. No one knows who anyone actually is. We're all in the privacy of our own surroundings. To me this is as private as you can get.
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Post by gemini_jen on Aug 22, 2014 21:38:19 GMT
Another tongue biter. I honestly don't think people want to know!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 22:02:49 GMT
I can understand being offended if people correct you in public. However, here, in a forum like this, if someone corrects you why don't you take that as an opportunity to learn? Do people just truly not want to learn the correct grammar? People don't know what they don't know, so they most likely don't think they have something to learn. Also, here on this message board, people generally correct grammar when they think the improper grammar negates the message, or they wish that it did (very common in heated political discussions.)
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Post by Really Red on Aug 23, 2014 1:19:20 GMT
Never! But I'm a technical editor and pretty much anyone who speaks English thinks they can be a technical writer. It is frustrating and it does make me want to show them exactly why they pay me to write sometimes. Today, for example, I had a leader give me something that she said was ready to go. I told her I'd just take a look at it and it was awful. Then I have to explain why I completely rewrote it without making her feel like an idiot. Another leader had me in a meeting with her and was using the incorrect word to tell me something. I honestly did not understand what she meant. I was with a co-worker of mine and we were totally perplexed. Finally, when I told her that the process was what 50 people in her group were currently doing, and asked her what way she would prefer the process to be, she found a way to tell me what she meant. I am worn out with trying to correct people without seeming as if I am correcting them!!
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