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« Reply #270 on May 10, 2011, 12:35pm » | |
May 10, 2011, 11:31am, StormyPinkness wrote:| Why does that make you look like an asshole? |
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Because correcting people on points of grammar in real life always makes you look like an asshole, and often encourages them to continue making the error to spite you.
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« Reply #271 on May 10, 2011, 12:37pm » | |
I guess my view is that you are not an asshole for letting someone know they are making a mistake. I would be grateful, if slightly embarrassed that I was wrong in the first place.
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Apr 13, 2013, 1:08am, weenie wrote:But seriously...those flowers are seriously beautiful and i will curb stomp you if fuck them up.
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« Reply #272 on May 10, 2011, 1:10pm » | |
May 10, 2011, 12:37pm, StormyPinkness wrote:| I guess my view is that you are not an asshole for letting someone know they are making a mistake. I would be grateful, if slightly embarrassed that I was wrong in the first place. |
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I guess you would be the exception to the rule that most people dont like it when you correct their grammar. I generally feel like a douche for correcting people but sometimes I cant resist it.
In an email I got last week a friend confused 'are' and 'our', and he has spoken english his entire life. I couldnt let that slide, even though I felt like an ass.
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« Reply #273 on May 10, 2011, 1:16pm » | |
I go off the basic assumption that people don't usually like to be wrong. But I guess it would be more accurate to say people would rather be wrong than have someone correct them.
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Apr 13, 2013, 1:08am, weenie wrote:But seriously...those flowers are seriously beautiful and i will curb stomp you if fuck them up.
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Don't fuck up my azaleas. |
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« Reply #274 on May 10, 2011, 2:18pm » | |
Yeah personally I dont really mind either, but i generally dont bother because correcting someone on something like that is usually met with a sarcastic "soooooorrrrrryyyyyy".
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« Reply #275 on May 10, 2011, 2:20pm » | |
May 10, 2011, 2:18pm, davers wrote:| Yeah personally I dont really mind either, but i generally dont bother because correcting someone on something like that is usually met with a sarcastic "soooooorrrrrryyyyyy". |
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In America too, except it's more of a sarcastic 'sorrrrrryyyyy'.
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Dec 8, 2011, 9:44pm, knowidyuh wrote:| AS A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, DO WHAT HG SAYS. |
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Nov 29, 2012, 7:57pm, chud wrote:| I NEED YOU TO COME SO THAT YOU CAN TELL HORNED GRAMMA THAT I'M A POST WHALE PINOCCHIO. |
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« Reply #276 on May 10, 2011, 2:22pm » | |
Well, I'm sure I'm sore-y.
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Apr 13, 2013, 1:08am, weenie wrote:But seriously...those flowers are seriously beautiful and i will curb stomp you if fuck them up.
But really.
Don't fuck up my azaleas. |
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