susanr Colorado
08/08/16 7:05 pm
They're not a problem, for a number of reasons. This is casual writing, not a closely edited publication. We may be typing & reading on tiny screens, maybe with not-so-great eyes, and we may miss typos. We may be dyslexic. We may be victims of autocorrect. (It's a sneaky bastard). We may be in a hurry or get excited and not proofread well. English may not be our native language. We may have a learning disability or a poor education or even not be of particularly high IQ - but we may still have something valuable and possibly profound to say.
I've seen *all* of those reasons for grammatical (or spelling) errors in polls (and comments) and yes, I notice them, but no, on a deeper level they don't bother me at all. It's about communication, not perfection. And I almost never correct anyone's error, unless I'm asking for clarification (although the editor in me does feel the urge to do it).
And I make my own share of errors, even when I think I've proofread my text.
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