Do you feel better about yourself correcting spelling and grammar mistakes?

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Seriously as an adult do I feel better correcting these kind of mistakes? I️ seriously would just like to know the point. You got the message/comment and were able to comprehend it, but does it make u feel better to go the extra mile to correct it?

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I refuse to let someone get by saying “defiantly” when the word is “definitely.” I ain’t having it. 😂

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Yes. I correct it because it bothers ME. Some stuff it's fine but when someone goes "masterbaiting" or "pergant"...that bothers me 🤷🏻‍♀️ I fix it for ME because I'm uncomfortable. 
Yes I get the point, but that mistake still bothers me.

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Depends on what the context was that the error was in.  I️ do get pleasure in correcting people who are belittling others, if you are being a jerk and you can’t even spell correctly, I️ will fix I️t for you and take you down a few pegs. 
Certain things I️ attribute to English not being someone’s first language.
I️ will say the different forms of “pregnant” that appear on this page can be mind boggling.

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I hardly ever correct anybody but I actually appreciate it when others correct me. Otherwise I'll never realise I'm making a mistake 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Only super obvious ones. Some things people post on here make me cringe and I just can’t help but correct them. I don’t use perfect grammar or punctuation on here or when I text or whatever, but somethings just really bother me. Like lack of any punctuation in a post or using incorrect or improper spelling. Like not everyone knows things like when to use a colon versus semi colon and stuff like that, but like it’s not that hard to use commas and periods. Sometimes I’m just like, are people not learning this stuff in school?? It’s just a pet peeve for me because English has always been my best subject, so to me it just seems like certain things are common sense.

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You’re/your & their/there/they’re are the only things I’ll correct.

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I'm educated, but sometimes things require far too much effort to comprehend and I'll suggest using punctuation, but I don't correct. If I'm moody, I just might. I do, however, understand that not everyone speaks English as a primary language, so it bugs me when I see comments asking if they're speaking English...ffs, they're trying to communicate with a foreign language.

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I correct my own errors, often, and especially in a forum/app (like this one) without an edit function. 😡 I do so because sometimes a sentence just won’t make sense otherwise, and conversation is about clarity. It’s practically a compulsion at times, but sometimes I don’t care enough to be bothered. 🤷‍♀️ 
And, unless a situation calls for some serious sarcasm, I don’t correct anyone else’s grammar or spelling errors! (Although, I do find the “ *whom” or more often “ *you’re” meme hilarious.)

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I don't care, because...
-I don't do it to be insulting, nor do I use it as a "comeback". If I'm using it, it is only to help. 
-I do feel proud of myself for knowing, but I do not think less of you unless you're being disrespectful about it.

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When you use a smart phone to write responses and you still make elementary grade mistakes on spelling and grammar, I find you lazy. You have the whole of all knowledge known to man at your fingertips, and spell-check when you type. If English is your first and only language, why not master the fundamentals of it? Does it "bother" me if someone has a 5th grade capacity in language arts? No. I just don't think you're very smart, or you don't care of what others think of you. If someone is going to tell me that 7 x 3 = 15, and that Paris is the capital of England, then I presume you're poorly educated... I can't stand people who try to defend their terrible grammar. Stop boasting about being uneducated.

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