Dismissing someone’s point of view because of their poor use of language or their poor grammar, misuse of words or limited lexicon is to diminish their value because of their education or ability to learn, that’s a very real issue. To correct someone, in an open and helpful manner is to give them the opportunity empower themselves, you should acknowledge their point and continue to communicate with them, poor language skills are not a reason to dismiss someone’s viewpoint.

Oh no, here I am trying to correct my own grammar. Am I a white supremacist now?

If it's at school, for professional reasons, like book editor, then all good. When it's random people on the Internet, then it is just people being asses. If you understand what they meant, then leave it be. Don't correct unless asked

Did someone get a bad grade in English class and still can't let it go?

Grammar and spelling correction could potentially be all those things. However I would argue that context does matter in making that judgement. English teachers in America, at least when I grew up, do tend to teach grammar in a prescriptive manner, ie it should be said and written this way. There’s pros and cons to that. I can appreciate that anyone who doesn’t naturally share the “proper” way of communicating wouldn’t enjoy getting told they’re doing it wrong. I personally prefer the linguists view of dialects, descriptive with no judgements.

mhm.. i want to jsut disagree because she is stupid and obnoxious BUT: the standartization of language came along with nationalism, elitism and racism. there was no standardized use of language before. Eradication of "vulgar" dialects to further a "pure" language were commonplace and only high status varieties became standardized. correcting ppls grammar online is still used as a "power move" and does not take into consideration the large number of foreign language users (such as myself). this is a complex and interessting linguistic topic.

Grammar and spelling correction also means a language stays consistent in its use, thereby making it understandable by everyone. Duh!!!! It would also help if people stopped using abbreviations like IMHO and AITA et al. Not everyone is hip and trendy and knows what the hell you're talking about. Can we please go back to using those things known as, words!!!!!!!

"I flunked the grammar section of 9th grade English and I'm still salty about it. Also, I lost the 6th grade spelling bee."

Pretty certain that this was satire

Grammar and spelling are simply tools for communicating more effectively.

So, if I cannot understand your post, due to its poor spelling and grammar, then somehow *I* am the problem? How about you go back to school and learn to speak and write ENGLISH.

No the source of this is that there are elitist people who reject dialects that people use as being "wrong". Now protecting a community's heritage by not judging their dialect is entirely different from this unhinged take.

I mean, yeah, it’s kinda jerky, but it’s not every -ist in the book.

If only there was a spell checker that could edit stupidity

I think she has a point, although she is going a bit far saying that there's no context in which it's ok to correct people. There are many branches of English around the world. The way English is spoken or written in India or Newcastle or Compton is not the same, and that's fine. So long as the meaning is clear to the intended audience, it shouldn't matter. Telling them off because they're not speaking the same English used in Oxford can indeed come across as classist and colonialist.

Her sentence about context isn't grammatically correct. Just saying!

People just love to be mad for no reason...I don't get it

Just say you flunked language class and move on please...

I am still on the hunt for all Pandas that misuse asterisks though.

Yeah, I'm from a ethnic minority of colonised people (Indigenous Australian) and I'm a perfectly capable writer, STEPHANIE, so how about f*****g right off with acting like we have some inherent handicap that people need to compensate for? If POC speak English as a second language, or if education discrimination has impacted us, THEY are obviously reasons our English grammar may not be perfect - and I agree that we should have more grace for people who are in those positions - but it's not simply because we're brown. Sit your white-saviour a*s down and stop conflating the two. And stop using us to try get woke-cred. Nobody wants your patronising little "help"

I agree but its not this serious

I think that you should reconsider your teaching position then....

If this person said this to ne IRL, I'd burp in their face, turn 360 degrees, and walk away

A lot of the problem with this is claiming it's absolute. There's no question that language standards were imposed by those who colonized other places on the populations being colonized. In some cases there was an effort to completely supplant the native languages. In the worst cases the natives were forcefully relocated, and forced to adopt a new language ans speak if the way their masters wanted it spoken.

It's called communicating correctly. Let's eat grandma! Punctuation saves lives...

Gen Z is really running away from me with their text language. I can't imagine 50 different forms of English.

Well not everyone knows secret codes.

Wait...what??

Get bent Stephanie