There are so many things to complain about, but I just don't think it matters.

I never call anyone on grammar or spelling on a forum - but every now and then I like to have a rant about the standards of written English nowadays.       Then I it and worry in case I've boobed and I'm going to be jumped on!

Tis always a worry. I wish I'd never started this now. I know people won't believe it (as I'm such a pernickety cow) but I was honestly curious.

I remember my mother tearing me down a peg or two and said I spoke like a common slut cos I was'nt speaking PROPER....

'Of' is not a verb!!!!

Someone used to have that as a sig. Was it you?

No, it was Cariad.

It's possible many of us notice different grammatical expressions that some use that we individually wouldn't, it's just observation from how we usually express ourselves. One online friend can only write phonetically but it's even beyond what some would say is phonetics. it's not text speak, there's a reason why she writes in the way she does. It took me a little while to get used to understanding what she was saying, now I can skim through her words without thinking about it. We might notice little things but in the end we can all understand each other if we want to

What is the reason as a matter of interest?

Would of and should of is my biggest bug bear/bare (sp?) lol

I admit to mentally having a red pen that corrects sayings and spellings    Overall, I just assume it's a regional thing or idiosyncratic when people write a phrase different to how I would  

On a forum, personally it doesn't matter - the only thing I can't deal with is text speak which makes my head hurt trying to understand it

I don't, but sometimes wish I did when I get school and/or official letters with incorrect grammar or spellings. It's all I can do not to send them back with big red corrections all over them.

And I know in the general scheme of things that these things on a forum aren't important but I do still find all the usual ones mentioned in this thread very annoying.

The most irritation though, I save for the FB groups that have grammatically incorrect titles.


Disclaimer: Any mistakes found in any of my posts are not because I don't know better, they are there because my typing is shit!

Especially this one - 

'No. Your Wrong. So just sit there in your wrongness and be wrong'

Fools!

I hold my hand up my grammer and spelling is not good 

Oh! I have so much to say on this subject :jump:
Hold the front page!

Now that is plain wrong.

I can live with bad grammar, but it annoys me when people say "could care less" instead of "couldn't care less".

I despise when people correct spelling on forums, I'm talking forums in general not just this one.  Not everyone is blessed with perfect grammar and punctuality and for someone to correct them says more about their manners than the offending grammar.  IMO

*disclaimer*  this post isn't aimed at anyone, just the topic being discussed

Me too.   Actually, I think it's because my hands type independently of my brain... I have been known to type the wrong 'there/they're/their' because my hands are typing the sound without involving the brain.   If I notice I usually go back and edit, but Pengy's probably red-penned me a few times!

Yes, I do think it's bad form.. unless whoever does it trying to be a smart ass with someone else.    I notice, but I don't comment.

Same....though when someone is being a know it all twat, picking someone else up on their spelling/punctuation and gets something wrong, it's great to see them get told.

OT I have to say that since my husband dropped the laptop and I've gone back to a normal sized keyboard my typing has improved again. On the laptop it was as if I was typing with sausages.

That would probably be the only time I would bring it up but only if it was really bad because I am not very gifted in the grammar department either

Try using a wee webbook lol!  The whole keypad isn't much wider than a normal sized spacebar

At least that is slightly better than when I use my phone!

You can tell when I'm posting from there cos all the typos come flooding back.

Ah, my phone is a dinosaur so I don't even have internet on there lol.

that must take up quite a bit of room in your handbag!

I think I should ask Santa for an iPhone or something, mine is old but it's purple so I'd hate to part with it

noooo...not one of them...that's what i have and its crap....the Samsung Galaxy is much better.

I have a Samsung at the minute and like it so that might be a good choice for me.

You say "neither" I say "either"....... Let's call the whole thing off......

Me too

See also: I done, I seen, your/you're

(I seen yer last Saturday, or I seen 'em last Saturday is perfectly acceptable in it's proper place-Teesside)
My take is this. I had lousy grammar and had to be coached to obtain GCE "O" at grade 6, a bare pass. I have problems  with spelling and  grammar. With keyboards one  can look at the post, it looks wrong or right, and one can correct it without a  mess. That's modern technology at it's best.
IMO though, it's best to look at the English Language as a tool, something that we can use, abuse, and have general fun with. In that way it evolves.


Don't forget! The current troubles of the world are not caused by people who have issues with correct language use. They are caused by those who had difficulty passing their Maths "O" level. Yes! It is the cretins who can't count, or add up. But we don't make a fuss  about them.

  I only mentally do it cos I'm mental innit 


  which is why I mentally do it but would never, ever correct someone on their spelling 

It's always easy to pick up on someone else's mistakes   not so easy to see your own though 

I remember the "Off and Of " thread , that must have went into 20 pages  I do hate the spelling police tho............very arrogant IMO

Where do you all stand on aitch and haitch.

I go for aitch personally

I would comment but I'm not standing up. I'll have a think about next time I do.

I am Scottish airch is Morningside and hairch isnt

aytch

Ooh, I love pedantry threads too  

Spelling mistakes I can live with, likewise typos, most people are guilty of these, especially when one is replying 'in the heat of the moment'.  However, what really annoys me is bad punctuation - particularly apostrophes in the wrong places.  The problem is that it can totally distort the meaning, so I end up reading something several times to work out what the person was trying to say.

It's like regional accents, there's nothing wrong with a regional accent, as long as people can understand what you're saying.  If you're incomprehensible to the people you are addressing, then your strong accent or lousy punctuation is BAD

Sorry, rant over (as Olly would say)

Oh, and it's AITCH.  Unlike almost every other letter, H does not begin with its own letter, it is spellt aitch

And spelled is not spellt