"Should Have not Should Of" and other pet peeves in posts

49thand8th because I don't want to get moaned at for quoting a long post on top of everything else. I mentioned laziness earlier briefly but I didn't mean it in the way you suggest. I post from 2 devices. One has a cracked very small screen which is very difficult to read now. If I'm using that to post the last thing on my mind is crafting something that looks like I've taken time and paid attention to it. My other device isn't always to hand so it's easier to use the old one.
I always thought this was a nice relaxed place to come and chat about theatre and not be judged and reprimanded for the slightest thing.

I think anyone who has done it professionally learns a couple of things: 1) life is too short to be correcting people all the time, and 2) people really don't appreciate having their mistakes pointed out in everyday life.

I wonder if the issue some have had is the fact that some people feel the need to point out their grammatical mistakes in public. I can imagine that's not a particularly nice feeling.

I just genuinely think this thread creates divisions that weren't there previously. Not being hyperbolic at all.
I think a large percentage of my posts have been fine and where they haven't if the bad grammar is pointed out its water off a ducks back. Having a thread designed to specifically have digs at people seems harsh to me and appears unwelcoming to potential newcomers.
Surely we want to grow this community because we all enjoy talking about a shared interest.

Matthew, I don't think that comment was aimed at you.

For all this debate about grammar and spelling, I'm quite glad no one posts in Parsley speak

Because that

would be

very annoying

[quote author="@thematthew " source="/post/96630/thread" timestamp="1488904821" The way I interpreted the thread is that it's about the fact that some people simply aren't bothered about trying to be correct.
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The thing is, some people didn't interpret it that way. They interpreted it as a personal dig at their own shortcomings. And since the thread is specifically about people who post on this board - not some abstract hypothetical situation - it's not a stretch.

Edit: Cross posted with you, Matthew, but I will say, I don't think it was your comments in particular that people were offended by, it's the thread.

My thoughts exactly, and that's what disappointed me about some of the reactions on this thread as well.  It seemed to me to turn into a thread where the only acceptable opinion was that no-one should give a damn about grammar mistakes in any form, without recognising that there is a difference between people who clearly simply don't care about grammar accuracy and those who have a valid reason for not always getting it right.  I've felt like I've been attacked for having the opinion that in some cases it is simply just about taking a brief minute more to consider how a post is phrased when you're writing it, and that's been pretty unpleasant to deal with.   

As I read it, the thread was started simply as a general comment on grammar points that often arise, not individual digs at individual posters, which is as generalised a topic as whether threads about touring productions should be in the Musicals sub-forum or a separate one - it simply invites individuals' opinions.   I think it's equally offensive that people have been jumped on for expressing general views on the assumption that individual posters are being targeted, when that wasn't my intention and clearly wasn't the intention of others either.  The initial comment was a general one that could just as easily have been made as a random ramble on the off-topic thread without anyone batting an eyelid as it's just someone airing their own personal view.

No, because that's not what it is.

In another life, I was an English teacher and it doesn't bug me if folks make errors/use slang/write casually/show they are human with the occasional typo (which I do myself.) I've spent too much of my life correcting others' writing, so have no inclination to do it here. Frequently I'm impressed by how well people write - which is why I recently complained about a Times review of 'Hamlet' - people posting here were so much more insightful and eloquent. And for our posters for whom English is their second language - I have nothing but respect.

Yes, of course I was being silly though.

Why don't everyone put down the internet and go tell someone real and close to them that you love them, the world is too round for people to get upset over something that really donut matter

Here's one that really makes me cross "Happy belated birthday". I get told off on facebook for correcting people by saying it's the greeting that is late, not the birthday!