correcting people's grammar is it rude?
By yashsanghvi
@yashsanghvi (140)
India
January 4, 2007 2:00am CST
most people get very irritated ant think its very rude or that your trying to act smart if you correct their grammr or ask them to use a better word cause the word they were usiing was cheap or wasn't the appropriate wor. is it rude? because i don't think is it; your only helping that person so they dn't make a fool of themselves in public and help them improve their language skills.is it rude?
4 responses
@soldenski (2503)
• United States
4 Jan 07
So it would not bother you if I correct your grammer? The first letter in a sentence is alway's capitalized, you are missing letter's in a lot of your word's. So is it rude? I think so.
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@JC1969 (1224)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I correct my children's grammar, but here online, it is none of my business really. I mind my own grammar, and my own spelling. However, there are always going to be typos and errors online, and how am I to know if someone else made a typo or not.
Now, I'm an American that lives overseas, and I have local friends and we take the opportunity to teach each other our languages. Too many people take offense online if you point out spelling and grammar mistakes.
@melanie652 (2524)
• United States
10 Jan 07
Yes it is rude. The only people I correct are my kids and only very occasionally my husband if he mispronounces something. It's my job as a parent to teach my kids properly. I do not correct other people because it offends them and it is rude.
