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[presta]

This current fashion for not picking people up for their spelling/grammar/punctuation etc has some amusing effects, someone on Twitter has just said that there's nothing wrong with driving at the proscribed speed, and all the cyclists are agreeing with him.

 

[SuffolkBlue]

I'm often amazed that some people don't read what they've written before they post it (or, where there is an edit function, at least return to edit it).
I read a comment recently where the poster was describing the poor relationship they had with their Step Ladder !

 

[Beebo]

I'm often amazed that some people don't read what they've written before they post it (or, where there is an edit function, at least return to edit it).
I read a comment recently where the poster was describing the poor relationship they had with their Step Ladder !

That’s almost certainly an auto correct error.
They really annoy me. Especially when you click send just as it changes.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

I'm often amazed that some people don't read what they've written before they post it (or, where there is an edit function, at least return to edit it).
I read a comment recently where the poster was describing the poor relationship they had with their Step Ladder !

Yeah… I hate ladders.

oh wait, that isn’t what he’s on about!



I always go back and reread my posts before hitting the “post” button.

yet, reading it again later there’s always some subtitle screw up I missed courtesy of spell check.

and there it is! Yet again!

Oi!

 

[MikeG]

I'm often amazed that some people don't read what they've written before they post it (or, where there is an edit function, at least return to edit it).
I read a comment recently where the poster was describing the poor relationship they had with their Step Ladder !

Sepp Blatter......

 

[Drago]

This current fashion for not picking people up for their spelling/grammar/punctuation etc has some amusing effects, someone on Twitter has just said that there's nothing wrong with driving at the proscribed speed, and all the cyclists are agreeing with him.

If we're picking people up on stuff...

Then surely you mean X?

 

[oldwheels]

Auto correct can be a nuisance sometimes by inserting a different word out of context. I try to read over carefully but some nonsense sometimes slips past.

 

[Drago]

Not having feeling in two fingers I find auto correct to be a right pain in the arsenal.

 

[FrankCrank]

But also worth noting, it's considered bad form to start a sentence with 'but'.
And I believe the same is true for 'and'.

 

[ColinJ]

That’s almost certainly an auto correct error.
They really annoy me. Especially when you click send just as it changes.

I use SwiftKey on my phone and tablet. It has an annoying habit of changing its suggestions just as I am about to click on them. Either I have to correct the mistake or I don't notice and it slips through.

 

[matticus]

This current fashion for not picking people up for their spelling/grammar/punctuation etc

You wot?? It's the reason many people use the internet! Show me this wondrous platform/site that is free from pedantry, please!!!

 

[All uphill]

You wot?? It's the reason many people use the internet! Show me this wondrous platform/site that is free from pedantry, please!!!

It's not the platform that is pedantic, it's the people who use it.

 

[sleuthey]

Not having feeling in two fingers I find auto correct to be a right pain in the arsenal.

I once wrote on here that my mother in law is particularly sighted. Didn't realise until some joked as asked where abouts she was sighted.

 

[matticus]

It's not the platform that is pedantic, it's the people who use it.

Then we seem to be in agreement.

 

[presta]

I always go back and reread my posts before hitting the “post” button.

I delete and re-post if they haven't been replied to, but I still miss some.

Auto correct can be a nuisance sometimes by inserting a different word out of context.

I won't have any truck with it, it's a PITA.

It's not the platform that is pedantic, it's the people who use it.

Someone once started a thread "People Who Use Ten Words When One Will Do", so I said "Shouldn't the title be 'Verbosity'?".