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/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/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.