Correct people's English

[Jayce]

If I were to really get my hands dirty correcting people's English as much as I could, I would be here all night long.

Abuse of punctuation and funky tense usage is probably the main thing I see that annoys me. I don't judge ESL people too harshly, but there are plenty of native speakers whose spelling and grammar would be put to shame by even a late primary school student.

That said, the number one thing that really sets me off is the people who think they're really great and verbose writers because they use obscure words, flowery language, and stilted/overcomplicated grammar to try and sound smart. Half the time they don't even get it right, but even when they do I don't think they realise how terrible it actually reads back. I'm sure these people know who they are, too.

my hero

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