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Whenever someone talks to me either by speech or text, I absolutely hate it when they something incorrectly. For example, I have a friend that will say "brung" so nonchalantly it's sickening. Also, when someone writes out "did'nt", even if it is a typo, it annoys me to near death.
There's a good example. The only thing that I get from your comment is that you need to put four periods at the end of your sentence instead of just three because if an ellipses ends a sentence, you still need the period that ends the sentence.
Before your wreck yourself. Unless you're making a joke. Then, it's well done.
It's not a joke. Just looking at your sentence annoys me. I assume that it's a typo, though.
I think you are missing the point, my friend. You have made about three to four grammatical errors in this post alone, which is why he said you should "check yourself".
Being perfect with grammar (which you aren't), may be well and dandy for you, but don't expect people to take you seriously if you lack so much deductive reasoning that makes you seem like a troll being stupid for the sake of it.
The irony is astounding.
The main person that I have this problem with is my friend. It always sounds like I'm talking to a child. Here's an example of a message that I just got from him: "i have maple story icon but says im disconected but i not". He will talk like that in person and through texts. It's so irritating.
Thank you for being the first person to answer my question. The kind of mistakes that I made are the ones that don't bother me, however. The kind of mistakes that bother me are the ones that are really stupid, like saying "brung" or "did'nt". My friend who says "brung" says it proudly and it's embarrassing. For example, we were at GameStop the other day. I forget the sentence he used it in, but he said "brung" so casually like he knew for certainty that that was the past participle to the verb "bring" that I blushed and looked away from the cashier, a man whom I respect. I felt ashamed standing next to my friend.
According the the Vanderbilt Book of Etiquette, the ONLY time it is acceptable to correct another's grammar is if you are 1) their teacher, or 2) their parent. Since you are annoyed by complete strangers' misuse of the English language, you are are a dick.
The point of this wasn't for you all to show me how I'm not perfect. I know that I am not perfect. I never said that I am perfect. I did, however, ask a question that no one has answered.
I wasn't trying to tell you that you aren't perfect. In fact, no one is. Humans are a fallible species and it's a unattainable goal to strive for "perfection". Grammar is a excellent example. Everyone is bound to make some form of mistake with it.
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Errare est humanum. Descartes.
I would rather answers that answer my question.