tupalos@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoWhat are some signs your getting older?message-squaremessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down114
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minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down3·4 days agoYou start correcting people when they say “your” instead of “you’re” :-)
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·3 days agoQuite the opposite. The older you get the less clever it feels to point out the common mistakes of others
minus-squarehogmomma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoAgreed. Matter of fact, I usually direct the offending party to one of two, if not both, sites. https://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-pick-up-grammar-mistakes-jerks-scientists-find https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/76120 Always a good time.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoIt’s replaced with a desire to help people be better.
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI agree actually, I was only kidding because of the subject of the post.
You start correcting people when they say “your” instead of “you’re” :-)
Quite the opposite.
The older you get the less clever it feels to point out the common mistakes of others
Agreed. Matter of fact, I usually direct the offending party to one of two, if not both, sites.
https://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-pick-up-grammar-mistakes-jerks-scientists-find
https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/76120
Always a good time.
It’s replaced with a desire to help people be better.
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I agree actually, I was only kidding because of the subject of the post.