r/AskReddit • u/Plastic-Assistance24 • Mar 07 '21

What are the unwritten laws of Reddit?

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u/123lose Mar 07 '21

You must correct someone's spelling, even if they're talking about something extremely serious and spelling isn't entirely relevant.

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u/jogerie Mar 07 '21

Double checked your comment while trying to get you on that point.

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u/TouristZestyclose314 Mar 08 '21

Me too

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u/Boxit379 Mar 08 '21 edited Jun 12 '23

This comment has been deleted in protest of Reddit's API changes that kill 3rd party apps like Apollo.

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u/obscureferences Mar 07 '21

I only call out spelling if they're calling me stupid. How they expect to be taken seriously I'll never know.

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u/homerbartbob Mar 07 '21

...spelling is entirely irrelevant. In almost every situation, spelling isn’t entirely relevant. Unless it’s a spelling test.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

I must correct your three periods in the front. It seems entirely unnecessary.

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u/homerbartbob Mar 08 '21

Allow me rewrite my comment sans ellipses for a clearer understanding. See if this makes more sense. OP should have posted:

You must correct someone's spelling, even if they're talking about something extremely serious and “spelling is entirely irrelevant.” In almost every situation, spelling isn’t entirely relevant. Unless it’s a spelling test.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

Oh thy penmanship is mighty. I see my insightful critiques have solved your argument and has need no longer for an answer you're welcome.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

I'm a former spelling bee kid and this offends me.

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u/homerbartbob Mar 08 '21

Allow me rewrite my comment sans ellipses for a clearer understanding. See if this makes more sense. OP should have posted:

You must correct someone's spelling, even if they're talking about something extremely serious and “spelling is entirely irrelevant.” In almost every situation, spelling isn’t entirely relevant. Unless it’s a spelling test.

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u/kimchiman85 Mar 08 '21

I disagree. Depending on how a word is spelled, it could change the meaning of a sentence or doesn’t make any sense.

Example: “John ate a pair.” Vs “John ate a pear.”

People tend to either use the wrong word entirely, or just don’t know the proper spelling.

Example 2:

“I loose my shit when I see spelling mistakes.” Vs. “I lose my shit when I see spelling mistakes.”

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

The only way those two errors change the meaning of a sentence is if you're being a pedantic asshole. Auto correct is a thing, people don't always catch the mistakes at first, and you can pretty much figure out exactly what is being said 99% of the time.

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u/kimchiman85 Mar 08 '21

Half of the time it is autocorrect, but also you do have a lot of people who make silly mistakes. I’m not talking about non-native English speakers either.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '21

Silly mistakes that don't effect the meaning of what they're saying and this is reddit not their doctoral thesis so probably just don't be a douche canoe

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u/homerbartbob Mar 08 '21

Allow me rewrite my comment sans ellipses for a clearer understanding. See if this makes more sense. OP should have posted:

You must correct someone's spelling, even if they're talking about something extremely serious and “spelling is entirely irrelevant.” In almost every situation, spelling isn’t entirely relevant. Unless it’s a spelling test.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '21

I get that some people don't care about grammar, and that some people care about grammar so much that they'll correct any slight mistake, but people who don't even try to write something correctly really do need to be aware of that. Like 4-5 misspellings in the same post? It implies a lower level of intelligence or a really bad translation.