No study necessary - I knew that all along. If you’re a copy editor working with a document going into print, that’s one thing - but if you’re a poster “correcting” other people’s posts (of course, ignoring what they are saying), you need to get a life.
Sometimes the error comes from spell check or auto-correct, sometimes it comes from dictation, and sometimes the person really doesn’t know how to spell or write it, but you know what they mean. The most I ever do is spell things correctly or use the correct word in my response - but I never correct people. And I’m a professional linguist.
‘No study necessary - I knew that all along. If you’re a copy editor working with a document going into print, that’s one thing - but if you’re a poster “correcting” other people’s posts (of course, ignoring what they are saying), you need to get a life.’
+1
“I never correct people.”
You’re better than me. I correct gutter English all the time.