Whom do you have the responsibility to correct?

My step daughter who I consider my child and her daddy (most of the time). If I don’t correct them, they won’t realize that they are wrong

Everyone on the Internet, of course!!!

@canidmajor – Love you,man! :)

As I’ve aged, correcting others is NO longer a priority. They learn faster when they screw it up all by themselves…live & learn!!!

Pretty much just myself and dawg. Aside from correcting the occasional employee screw up I leave the rest of the world to mess up all they care to.

Depends on what the situation is, but unless it’s family or employees, I don’t pay much attention other than eye rolls.

Here I often keep scrolling, even if I see incorrect facts, it’s not worth the energy. If it’s a friend here, I’ll PM usually.

I think she’s referring to correcting people’s grammar. People don’t figure it out all by themselves @LadyMarissa. Despite having learned the right way in school, is spite of seeing good examples daily on line, in spite of even being told directly, they never figure it out.

I try not to do it, but I die a little inside every time their is a glaring grammatical in they’re comment. ~
It’s not so hard to figure it out so I don’t understand why they keep doing it..

I correct my kids and grandkids. One time, when my grandson was about 6, he was telling us a story. He said, “My grampa and me went fishing….”
I said, “My grampa and I went fishing.”
He looked at me, and in complete seriousness and said “No. You weren’t there.”

@Dutchess_ I mean correcting anything, not just limited to grammar.

@Dutchess_III I believe you meant “in their comment”. They’re is a contraction for they are which makes no sense.

You missed one in that same sentance, @LadyMarissa. Go look again. And there is an omission you may have missed too.

@lucillelucillelucille Well , if you mean correcting anything that’s a whole different animal. If I see someone a acting like a hateful, racist pig I’m going to correct their ass off. There are so many scenarios where it would be proper to step up and correct someone.

@Dutchess_III – That is an extreme example but there are every day foibles that apparently need to be policed by complete strangers.
I am always interested in what motivates people.

People with whom I have plans or who need my accurate account info for relevant reasons.

When I’m going to meet someone, accurate time, date, and location info is essential.

Otherwise, it’s not my responsibility to correct anyone else, but I do enjoy correcting someone who’s corrected me or others without solicitation.

I once had the pleasure of correcting a grammar & spelling dictator, when she posted something about ”...marshal law”.

Alright- 3 simultaneously composing members! ;-D

@Brian1946 – I have seen things like that before and it is funny.
A desire to correct those kind of things, especially in public is very telling.

I have an ominous feeling that a volcano of corrections is about to erupt! ;-o

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OK, I have one. We were at Wendy’s the other day. We had already eaten and I decided I wanted a frosty. Well, I go up toward the counter, and I see a cluster of about 5 people. As I pass by I hear them saying, “Do you think Susan wants a blah blah blah.” There was about 15 feet between them and the last person at the end of the obvious line….you know where it is one person behind the other, with a space of about 5 feet between them? There was no indication that that cluster of people was part of that line!
I guess Rick figured it out and pulled me away, and we left.
That kind of passive aggressive shit pisses me off so bad. I wanted to say something, but didn’t. Actually, I did. As we passed by I said to Rick, “They’re in line?!” and with sweeping gesture I indicated the 15 feet between them and the end of the line.
That kind of BS has happened to me a couple of times before. They send conflicting social clues, then get pissed of when you react to them. I think it’s passive aggressive bullshit.

@Dutchess_III – I haven’t run into that.

@Dutchess_III

I’ve encountered that at Whole Paycheck. However, it’s usually crowded there, so sometimes there isn’t any space between someone browsing some shelves and the end of the closest line.

You were incorrect in being at Wendy’s in the first place! JK. ;-p

I got a kids mean chicken sandwich. Do not get a kids meal chicken sandwich at Wendy’s. Stick with McDs. :)~

When I’m unsure if someone is in line, I’m polite enough to ask before jumping in front of them. Life’s too short to be in such a rush

@SEKA That’s how I handle it too

BTW, I just posted a question similar to this. It’s something that happened a few years ago.

I’m just going to leave this here (not written by me.)

“Here’s the usage for who/whom:

“Whom” should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use “who.” If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use “whom.””

Cs

By the rule of thumb I posted above (compliments of my former HS English teacher) you can’t replace “whom” in the sentence with either “her” or “him.” You can’t say “Him has a responsibility to correct….”

However, you can use “he” or ” she.” “She has the responsibility to correct…”
Ergo, the question should have been, “Who do you have a responsibility to correct?”

Somebody fell down on their job to correct.

@Dutchess_III -;)

I bought the shirt. I’ll give it to Rick for Christmas. I want to have another made for me that has an arrow pointing to him that says, “Spell check: ‘TURKEYS’” Why is it not spelled “turkies”?

Maybe it will become a collector’s item. A testament to the generation who forgot how to read and write…although I’m sure it originated in India or something.