Hi there, friend. I see that you sometimes make mistakes in your various Internet talky-feeds. Sometimes it's that damn autocorrect; sometimes you just couldn't care less.
You know what? I'm OK with that.
I don't correct people unless they ask. Sometimes people write (sp?) and I'll tell them how. Or a question will arise about word usage. I love that. I will expound on something from the depths of my massive knowledge, or I'll look it up on Merriam-Webster's website and pretend I knew it already. (For instance: I just looked up expound.)
Am I noticing your errors? Sure, I can't help it. Am I judging you? Of course not! The ephemeral online world does not need to be endlessly edited. If every person stopped to rewrite or research, there would be far fewer thoughts shared with the Interwebs, and we'd all be less entertained. Now, of course I wish a few of the racist nutjobs who comment on news stories stopped to think for a second about what they were saying and maybe kept those thoughts to themselves (or better yet, stopped being racist nutjobs). But that's assuming they have functioning brains, which is not an assumption I can make.
I do care about correct spelling and grammar in certain places: signs, menus, advertisements, and all types of journalism. If you are writing for profit, you have a responsibility to do it right. Pay a copyeditor if you can't properly form a sentence, ask a proofreader to check your order form before that restaurant name is set in neon tubes, stop and look and think about what your customer will see. Then look again.
But you, friend on the Internet?
Chill out. It's only words and stuff.
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