[size=75]Sometimes I’ll correct all the grammatical errors when I quote another person’s post. [/size] 
I don’t judge the person who made the errors, I just attribute it to my anal ways.(oh, fine…pun away…) It is the same when I get into my “tidying” mode…the 2 sloppyish men I live with (my boyfriend and his son) can be very messy sometimes.
I accept responsibility for my annoyance…the mess obviously doesn’t bother them,so why does it bother me?
Interesting post. I pride myself in grammar and punctuation, but the internet is more like talking - so many times I will do things here that I would never do in a piece I am writing. Another good example is repeating yourself within a sentence, which, by the way , is another good example of another example. 
Shyster,
There is something about your post that may explain your whole life.
I’m not kidding!
Meanwhile, my vision for you becomes more clear.
i can understand that, when i used to moderate a forum if someone used any code wrong i would feel the urge to correct it, i also offen catch myself fixing displays in stores. Im sure thats all the artist in me making sure things are visually pleasing.
Shyster wrote:
God, I’m not the only one, and if Zeno doesn’t start capitilizing notes, I’M GONNA SCREAM!!! Z, what is the deal? Just lazy, a broken i on the keyboard?? What?
post modernist
Or chat-room speed-typing hangover.
So I’m not the only anal one when it comes to such matters…
Typos are one thing–we all make them, especially when banging out posts quickly–but consistent ERRORS of common/simple words is another (i.e., if it’s a word that is somewhat tricky, I don’t expect people to whip out their dictionary to find the correct spelling, as long as others will get what is being conveyed).
But I was just curious about this “rediculous” phenomenon, as I had never seen it before coming online. And I’m so in support of some of the other comments here, especially Dr. S’s (I was GOING to mention it, as I’ve seen some supposedly highly educated individuals spell “lose” as “loose” EVERY SINGLE TIME; however, I backed off b/c another poster I’m fond of recently made the same mistake…I’m a soft-hearted puss… ).
The other thing that seems to have become popular even among the “intelligent” is “could/should/would of.” I remember years ago, when I was head of a language school, one of the texts I bought used this as an example of errors students commonly make. I thought this was silly, as at that point I had never seen such an error in writing. Yet, as soon as I came online, this mistake seemed to be everywhere.
Also, as a professor, I am amazed at some of the shit I see in the papers returned to me. I’m talking even at the 4th year level of university, where students KNOW my rep for being anal re. proper English, and they STILL submit some pretty ugly messes (not everyone, but it’s sad that I no longer EXPECT well-written papers–I am pleasantly surprised the few times I get them–thankfully we have “www.turnitin.com” so I can see which of these surprises are pleasant and which are plagiarisms…).
I similarly agree with Dr. S. about the meaning of a poorly written post (“poorly written” not including verbosity, of course… 
). Written language is (one of) the most obvious difference(s) between us and ALL OTHER SPECIES on the planet. If someone cannot “master” such an important quality, it’s the same as a spider that weaves a teflon web or a cat that barks (though I believe this doesn’t necessarily apply to people with certain learning disorders or other relevant impairments).*
Anyway, it’s fun to read others’ related pet peeves, so please keep them coming…
).Although Iron Dog is banned,* his legacy lives on. Is it my imagination or has the number of posters using semi-colons { ; } as apostrophes { ’ } increased dramatically since ID started doing that? Or should I presume that anyone who;s writing this way is actually ID?
Actually, that’s another common error I see: whose ↔ who’s…
Hello F(r)iends,
I would like to know what are the common spelling mistakes that I make?
-Thirst
Well, somehow you keep misspelling “truth and facts” as “liberal revisionist bullshit”… 
rofl
Hello F(r)iends,
Psyque, that was the funniest comeback! I’m really glad you are back. 
That comeback was so good it taught me something:
http://www.ilovephilosophy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=1677954#1677954
-Thirst4metal
Things like complexity, ambiguity, vagueness and elusiveness may not be consistently desirable, but they are all more than nothing. Some things, at which we can only hint, still have value.
Glad I could oblige, thirst. And thx for the welcome. See you around the boards!
By saying this I am not saying I don’t make grammatical/spellings mistakes, but here:
orientated
oriented
Orientated–physical location of an object in reference to a point. Ex: facing towards the east.
Oriented—social, cultural context. Ex: family-oriented film; youth-oriented activity.
I have not seen anyone used it here. But, I heard a journalist of a major network said it while reporting. She meant “family-oriented”, instead she said, “family-orientated”.
All things that need to be communicated effectively to be understood, wouldn’t you agree?
Quit yer bitchin’, Doc.
If I say “you’re bike has a flat tire,” you know I’m not calling you a bike.
If I say “you’re to angry all the time,” you know I’m not saying that you are going to angry.
Contrary to what you say, if I make a spelling mistake and choose not to edit my post, it is because I have faith that the reader will interpret what I meant to say, unless it is obviously amphibolous. Is that lazy, or efficient?
Anyway, I spell words wrong all the time. I hereby request that anytime I spell a word wrong that I be notified by the reader.
Found one:
“explaination”
I can’t believe I have been spelling this wrong for years now.
…and nobody has said a word.
[cue drum roll]
Explanation
[bows to the audience]