Re: Correcting others' grammar (was: washing dishes)

In article <tp-dncd75Y_09ybbnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
friese@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
Subject: Correcting others' grammar (was: washing dishes)
From: Felice Friese <friese@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking


"Peter A" <paitken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.21251ca45e929585989d07@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If people write sloppy English, so be it - they may still have something
interesting to say. I don't want to be a "grammar nazi" or anything like
that. My goal is not to say "Hey stupid, I'm smarter than you" but
rather to say "perhaps you would like to know this." Unfortunately,
insecure people are so touchy about any criticism, they would rather
remain ignorant than learn something new because of their stupid pride.
--
Peter Aitken

Perhaps, Peter, people are simply "touchy" about having their grammatical
errors corrected in public. If you truly feel they would appreciate your
criticism, you could email them or post a grammar hint in a separate thread
addressed to the newsgroup as a whole.

I am a retired newspaper editor and never once corrected a reporter's
grammar within anyone else's hearing. I spoke to them privately or posted a
general note (usually light in tone) on the newsroom bulletin board.



Thanks for your thoughtful post, you make a good point. I am a writer by
trade and I suppose that grammar is more important to me than it is to
99.9% of people.

Even so, I am surprised by how resistant most people are to learning
anything. I guess that's just human nature and I should learn to deal
with it.

--
Peter Aitken
.

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