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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.

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?