Answer for question 4484.

[vovat]

[Error: unknown template qotd]I used to do that pretty often, but it really is rude unless someone actually WANTS you to, which they generally don't. It's probably at least partially an Asperger's thing, in that I didn't really realize I was hurting other people's feelings. I still often cringe inwardly at obvious mistakes, though.

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[suegypt.livejournal.com]

I'm bad at correcting people, it's a knee-jerk reaction, especially for certain things. It's distressing for me to read almost any reporting these days, as i notice young people who weren't trained in the journalistic grammar style but are reporting and blogging nonetheless are picking up certain errors and spreading them like a virus.

"A couple things..."

"I would of..."

"He was laying on his couch..."

Good Lord. Like fingernails on a blackboard. Not that I'm perfect, but I usually avoid the mistakes I have trouble with, like who and whom.