Ask HN: Is it immoral not to correct someone else's grammar on social media?

Re:Ask HN: Is it immoral not to correct someone else's gramm... by firefax on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @03:50PM (#45280603)

I judge people based on whether they get their point across -- you don't know the age or national origin of the person posting, for all I know I'm speaking to someone much younger than I who speaks more languages than I do.

I do judge spelling errors harshly, since most modern OSes will give a nasty red squiggle.

Anyways "immoral" is such a strong phrasing. Killing someone is immoral.

Letting someone argue their point badly is... well, I was raised Catholic so lets use that lens: Catholicism would refer to it as a "venial sin" -- you won't be going to hell for not correcting someone's grammar on the internet.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it immoral not to correct someone else's gramm... by gaws on Thursday September 18, 2025 @05:46PM (#45295413)

> ... they get their point across -- you don't know ...

>... a "venial sin" -- you won't be going to hell ...

It hurts to read people use em dashes to break up the flow mid sentence. You're better off using a semicolon.

> I do judge spelling errors harshly, since most modern OSes will give a nasty red squiggle

Delete the comma to fix the comma splice and use because instead of since because you're not talking about a difference in time.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it immoral not to correct someone else's gramm... by firefax on Friday September 19, 2025 @01:21PM (#45304139)

Sounds like you understood the post. Do you have any comments on the substance of the post, or are you here to nitpick?

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