Comments on: Do Typos and Grammar Mistakes Annoy You? You Might Be an Introvert

By: Christy Kalbach

Christy Kalbach — Mon, 29 May 2017 22:33:00 +0000

I think part of it is because it demonstrates laziness or apathy towards language, which introverts tend to appreciate more (reading and writing).

By: Nessie

Nessie — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:57:00 +0000

Seeing such errors hurts my eyes and brain too :p I guess it’s not just an introvert thing but chances are that it’s *mostly* and introvert thing.

By: Val

Val — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:45:17 +0000

Language is a fluid, evolving concept… it’s the meaning not the detail that’s important… yeah whatever. The day “should of” is considered anything other than the most offensive crime against the English language is the day you can book me on the next space ship out of here. “To be” and “to have” are lesson one in any language class.

By: An Introvert (AI)

An Introvert (AI) — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 05:51:08 +0000

Oh yeah. I am in a lot of WhatsApp Groups with a few with more than 150 members. Those grammar mistakes drive me crazy. And when those mistakes result in an other words or words no one knows and you have to discuss what those words really mean until the writer explains those after ten messages of discussion. This pisses me of so much.

By: PAM

PAM — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:53:29 +0000

One mistake that is like, “fingernails on a chalkboard”, is the use of words with the prefix, bi, as in biannual, bimonthly, biweekly. The prefix bi means two, people, as in bikini, bicycle, etc. Therefore, biannual means twice a year, bimonthly means twice a month, and biweekly means two times a WEEK!
Thank you.

By: Lonimee

Lonimee — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 22:35:26 +0000

Am relieved too that it’s an introvert thing. I mean, it’s not surprising. We are sensitive about everything, we type a text and read it 10 times before we send it. We are perfectionists! How couldn’t we be bothered?

By: Bonnadee

Bonnadee — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 23:27:29 +0000

In reply to Michelle. Michelle, your post sums up the result of 'dumbed-down education'. I notice the same kind of academic inefficiencies all around. I work at a university and am appalled at the number of US student freshman who are in need of remedial (high-school) English classes. It is probably hopeless for the older adults lacking in this way.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:44:46 +0000

In reply to Michelle.

“…Inability…” Sorry, that was “no reading glasses on” typo?!

By: Bonnadee

Bonnadee — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:27:20 +0000

In reply to Patti Warcup. Patti, that's a very different scenario. There is no way I am judgmental about a person with a disability of ANY kind. It's those who simply choose to remain socially and academically ignorant because they are too lazy to do anything else.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 17:09:03 +0000

Oh, yes! What drives me absolutely mad is the incorrect use of “number”, “amount”, “less” and “few” or “fewer.” No one seems to make this distinction anymore. It makes me want to stop reading and scream or throw a pillow at the TV when I hear something like “Less calories, more filling!” Arghhhhhh!!! Typos don’t bother me as much, unless a post is riddled with them. Another pet peeve is the inablility to conjugate the verbs to be, to do and to see. For example, “I seen him yesterday” or “I done it myself.” I have to force myself not to mentally check someone off when I hear this.