Unless they want me to read over a paper and give them grammatical advice, I do not want to correct people over such small things as grammatical errors. I try not to correct people on pronounciation since different areas have different pronounciations, but I will ask a question about a word. For example, one of my Asian friends kept saying, "Damage!" whenever something went wrong, so in order to understand what she really meant I said, "Do you mean, damn it?" and that's how I correct people.
I will sometimes correct people on something big such as if a Doctorate says, "Pocahontas married John Smith" then I will raise my hand and ask, "Didn't she married John Rolfe?" However, it seems to be that the more intelligent a person thinks they are, the harder it is to correct them.
I don't mind being corrected on major things, but little things like grammar and punctuation just seem like nonsense. If a word is grossly mispronounced or if I'm doing a paper, then I don't mind being corrected, but I don't feel as though it is worth arguing whether someone should use a dash or a comma in a sentence. There are more important things in the world.
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Originally Posted by Kaphwan 86
I only get mad if arrogant people correct you constantly but have nothing else to say.
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I came so close to doing horrible things to my roommate because of it. I'm sorry, but there are better ways to show that you are intelligent than to constantly tell people that they are wrong even though they are right.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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