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LiberalArkie

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24. I am glad I am over the correcting everything. Trying to explain to people what a dictionary was

Tue Nov 28, 2023, 03:46 PM

Nov 2023

was difficult. I am glad that is built into everything now. I guess my Britannica reading did help when the search engines came out. Now I am bugged by "What is the capital of Idaho".
TYPE IN THE SEARCH BAR WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF IDAHO.
Oh.
Well, what is a search bar?
my phone accidentally drops the call..

I think Aspies are just the natural evolution and if that is the case, then the world population would drop also.

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Grammar nazis can't help them(our)selves [View all] cyclonefence Nov 2023 OP

I have managed to curb the instinct to correct people Bettie Nov 2023 #1

Ditto. But I had to stop taking on interns working on a thesis.. So many in recent years can NOT hlthe2b Nov 2023 #9

I resist correcting folks on DU but zuul Nov 2023 #33

This JIVES with my experience maxsolomon Nov 2023 #2

That's one of my triggers! nuxvomica Nov 2023 #36

link Celerity Nov 2023 #3

Thank you! cyclonefence Nov 2023 #7

yw Celerity Nov 2023 #10

You might want to correct the errors in the OP. NCIndie Nov 2023 #4

Word Crimes TheBlackAdder Nov 2023 #47

Oh dear sweet baby Jesus cyclonefence Nov 2023 #48

Sometimes when the error is particularly egregious, I can't breath. Maru Kitteh Nov 2023 #5

Its okey,,, yuul get through thi's. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2023 #22

That's not bad grammar. You just need to fix your computer keyboard. Wonder Why Nov 2023 #32

Since I'm Polish... MiHale Nov 2023 #6

Sometimes, my voice surprises me and spontaneously produces a Polish inflection. John1956PA Nov 2023 #30

Ya, try mixing it with... MiHale Nov 2023 #37

Same here. ChazInAz Nov 2023 #38

I accept poor grammar from regular folks, though my brain rolls in my skull. LakeArenal Nov 2023 #8

HAHAHAHAHA!!! elleng Nov 2023 #11

A grammar nazi to the end! nocoincidences Nov 2023 #12

It makes me... 2naSalit Nov 2023 #13

Me too. But I also stop trying to understand the content - get sidetracked by the errors. erronis Nov 2023 #15

I was a spelling nazi when I grew up as the the first book I read as a little Aspie (terrorist) LiberalArkie Nov 2023 #14

Fellow Aspie! ChazInAz Nov 2023 #16

I am glad I am over the correcting everything. Trying to explain to people what a dictionary was LiberalArkie Nov 2023 #24

A comment from several years ago said we should have grammar Eisenhowers. keithbvadu2 Nov 2023 #17

I read that too... Backseat Driver Nov 2023 #18

Poor grammar is everywhere KT2000 Nov 2023 #19

James Joyce could get away with those devices. John1956PA Nov 2023 #31

I shouldn't pick on one example, but this just landed in my Inbox erronis Nov 2023 #20

Yow! DavidDvorkin Nov 2023 #25

I have learned some patience... flor-de-jasmim Nov 2023 #21

Years ago, I had a dear neighbor who said... 3catwoman3 Nov 2023 #43

Nobody is born a Grammar Nazi. They have to be carefully trained. hunter Nov 2023 #23

I like that - sounds a bit like a phrase from South Pacific... erronis Nov 2023 #34

That explains it! I really do become irrationally annoyed by bad grammar Ocelot II Nov 2023 #26

You might enjoy this masterpiece attributed to a 6 yr old... 3catwoman3 Nov 2023 #44

Replying to my own OP is probably rude cyclonefence Nov 2023 #27

Agree! And diagramming sentences is what our AI overlords can do very well. erronis Nov 2023 #35

There, their, and they're. Kingofalldems Nov 2023 #28

I've done a lot of copyediting over my career. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2023 #29

It's a generational thing! WarGamer Nov 2023 #39

Sometimes, people just need to be politely told Polybius Nov 2023 #40

I've pencil lines under misspelled words or incorrect useage in library books kskiska Nov 2023 #41

Oh my, I'm not the only one! IL Dem Nov 2023 #45

I could recognize books my father had borrowed from our public library cyclonefence Nov 2023 #49

What an interesting thread. 3catwoman3 Nov 2023 #42

A kind friend once pointed out to me cyclonefence Nov 2023 #50

Sum people edhopper Nov 2023 #46

Ve vill crush zoes zat cannot do ze gut grammar mit ze panzers! Wonder Why Nov 2023 #51

i may be a language god(little grammer test) too dyslexic to get picky. pansypoo53219 Nov 2023 #52

I fear I fall in the grammar Nazi zone.. northoftheborder Nov 2023 #53

Ode To Spell Check - I love this. 3catwoman3 Nov 2023 #54

I'm going to suggest we call ourselves grammar... 3catwoman3 Nov 2023 #55