For a while now, I have noted that there have been grammar nazis partaking in my posts to take jabs at me because of what word I used that opposed what word they think I should use. These prissy snobs are the kind of people whose lives would be interrupted over the tiniest things despite there being bigger things to worry about.
Nobody gives a shit about your over-correctness. It just makes you a target to be blocked. In fact, it inspires me now to deliberately make these so-called grammar mistakes just to piss you off. Oh, I use ‘is’ than ‘are’? Well fuck you, I’m going to continue using ‘is’ over ‘are’ just because I know now it makes you internally screech. Don’t like that I use ‘constantly’ than ‘continually’? Same deal, cry me a river, little grammar nazi baby.
English has a hard enough time being exact as it is, so I do agree with your statement.
I doubt it is the fact they are corrected(using my perspective as I do not know this person), rather HOW they are corrected. Sometimes I see someone correct another using good natured wit and humour, being polite, and the target of said criticism takes it well and learns, other times they are quite unfriendly and harsh. I don’t mind correction that is polite, I will absolutely ignore the advice if rendered harshly and condescendingly.
This goes for other situations as well, not gonna go into them as several are landmines, but the approach to correction needs to be more friendly than aggressive.
I totally agree. Criticism should lift people up, just like the way it’s delivered. But meeting rudeness with more rudeness just doesn’t strike me as productive. No matter how unfair the original jab was.