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True, but is it pedantic? The same people that complain they can’t find a job are the ones that make huge grammar mistakes in their applications or résumés.

I wouldn’t hire someone who was too lazy to proofread over someone who wasn’t; would you? And then why should that rule not apply to your fellows on the internet?

Sometimes if you don’t point out people’s mistakes, you’re actually hurting their future selves

I think everyone nowadays is a bit too accepting of other people’s faults to try to seem a bit more morally superior themselves, without realising that they’re actually being abusive in the long term

Anyway, I’m not actually serious here, I just wondered who would actually read this far

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ve found it’s more effective to be a little funny instead of being an enormous cunt.

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NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Nah, you’re just coming off as a giant asshole. Correcting your vs you’re on the internet is pedantic as fuck. Could have easily been an autocorrect or typo on their phone.

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Hjalamanger@feddit.nu ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Please remember that everyone here isn’t a native English speaker and neither does everyone use English in professional writing.

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- MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Only native speakers make the your you’re there their they’re mistakes.
  
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  - Hjalamanger@feddit.nu ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    What makes you think that?
    
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    MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Because they’re just writing as they speak, whereas someone who learned English later in life should have a greater understanding that these are different words. I believe I’ve read about it before.
    
    Here’s a quick and dirty link to a discussion on the same topic.
    
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    erin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I believe they were being sarcastic.
    
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acchariya@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I wouldn’t hire someone who was too lazy to proofread over someone who wasn’t; would you?

Since “would you?” is incomplete, a comma would be correct here rather than a semicolon.

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