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We all know that you must type semi lliterated in the ED for someone to take you seriously right? bECausE tYpInG lyke dis.... Is not acceptable. I completely understand this. What I don't understand, that many Grammar nazis, will only point out your few grammatical mistakes, when you are winning the debate. For me being dyslexic, this get really tiresome real quick. Everytime I stump someone with my logic, The Nazis tend to do something like this....
"I'm not going to listen to someone who could not tell the difference between 'your' and 'you're'. Or 'there' and 'thier'."
Am I the only one is sick of this kind of nonsense?

I dont care if someone's a grammar nazi. The only time I care is when they dodge giving a decent reply by flaming the other person for misspelling something like "Phlegm".

Now, when someone makes an error, and I quote them, I correct their spelling and stuff. I don't point it out, I just correct it in the quote.

Earlier today someone said "aggrange" or something like that when they meant to say "arrange". I kind of made fun of them for it because they were being an all-round idiot.

Yikes. Siphi-sama, you and your logical fallacies.

It's essentially chasing a red herring. Similar to asking "would you personally abort?" in an abortion thread. It's beside the point and simply aims to discredit the poster and put him/her on the defensive.

Can I bring up a question to debate? At what point does it become too much? I mean, if one consistently misspells things, in every post they make, that might be. If one use chat speak or l33t all the time, that might be too much. But what if it's only a few errors? Everyone is bound to make a few mistakes-but, if the general consensus is "If you can't spell correctly, you're an idiot", when does it reach that point?

It depends.

I've run into instances where I honestly had to decode the post before I could reply.

However, I sometimes get in a couple of fast moving debates at once so I don't double check my spelling and make a few mistakes. Therefore, I can understand other people doing the same thing.

My rule of thumb is if I can understand want they meant, I honestly don't care.

However, I have learned that spelling correctly gives other people the impression you're more intelligent and can help you win debates. That’s why I always type my replies in Word first. wink .

It's often the same with me.
I am a major stickler for spelling but since I've caught myself making mistakes while typing fast I'll let it slide. If I do comment on their writing I also make sure to include a reply to their post-always.

Of course just by looking at the post and how good it's argument is usually clues you in to if their spelling is accidentally bad or just plain old stinky. If it gets too bad I just won't answer or reply.

After all, I can't answer them if I don't know what their asking-right?