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Do You Correct People Who Mispronounce or Use a Word Incorrectly?

post #1 of 85
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post #2 of 85
No
post #3 of 85
No, I don't correct, unless I'm doing it on purpose as a joke OR if it is a student. Unrelated, is it just a southern thing that sometimes people will confuse "John Henry" for "John Hancock?" I've never had it happen up 'north,' but I'll bet 4-5 times in various contexts in the south I've had somebody ask for my "John Henry" on something needing a signature. I don't correct, but just giggle, wanting to ask, "And just where on this form will that big Steel Drivin' Man fit?"
post #4 of 85
no, i'm certainly no expert on the english language and i despise people who correct me when they know what i'm saying (or failing to say).
post #5 of 85
I saw you yesterday.
post #6 of 85
No, it makes you look like an annoying douche bag. *could also say this about correcting spelling/punctuation on the webz
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I saw you yesterday.

Where at?
post #8 of 85
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No, I don't correct, unless I'm doing it on purpose as a joke OR if it is a student.

Unrelated, is it just a southern thing that sometimes people will confuse "John Henry" for "John Hancock?"

I've never had it happen up 'north,' but I'll bet 4-5 times in various contexts in the south I've had somebody ask for my "John Henry" on something needing a signature. I don't correct, but just giggle, wanting to ask, "And just where on this form will that big Steel Drivin' Man fit?"

Herbie Hancock?
post #9 of 85
No, but I do cringe when I hear it.
post #10 of 85
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Where at?

Not you, Rach. Sorry for the confusion.
post #11 of 85
Sounds like a good way to piss someone off. No.
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Sounds like a good way to piss someone off.
I don't believe that is a complete sentence. It's lacking a subject, as well as ending in a preposition.
post #13 of 85
None of us are perfect, and sometimes you just grab the wrong word, so I tend to cut people slack. The only one I will comment on, is my pet peeve.

The point is not mute, it is moot.

If I'm going to correct this one, I'll do it privately and apologetically, so as to try not to offend. However, it's simply too egregious to let that one go, as I hear it quite often.
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I don't believe that is a complete sentence. It's lacking a subject, as well as ending in a preposition.

Urge to kill... rising...
post #15 of 85
Marcus Aurelius mentions this in his Meditations. He writes that the best way of making the other person aware of their mistake subtly is using the word correctly yourself.
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