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[CelticCrafter]

Yes!

There are also times when my fingers are faster than my brain and I'll leave words out.

[Lucky Charm]

I would have to google 'preposition', tbh.

[spiderw]

bklynirene

Very well said and I too still have my good writing habits!  I loved English as a subject and everything it entailed.  I try to catch any mistakes when I comment on these forums and also whenever I e-mail or write a letter. 

My late best friend lived at Brooklyn, Bay Ridge section.  But that's another story!

[shoppingless]

I also try to use correct grammar, etc. However, with social media I often go for speed rather than perfection.

What REALLY annoys me is when people correct someone elses spelling and grammar on social media. I see it often on these boards. Grr.

[occasionalrain]

It may not be your fault. My tablet changes words on it's own after I type them. Sometimes it adds a space where it doesn't belong. Recently, in a post it changed convenient  to convened and deleted an a.

[santorini]

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@shoppingless wrote:

I also try to use correct grammar, etc. However, with social media I often go for speed rather than perfection.

What REALLY annoys me is when people correct someone elses spelling and grammar on social media. I see it often on these boards. Grr.

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That doesn't bother me at all.  It may prevent someone else from looking not very smart in a future conversation. Maybe they aren't aware that the word they are using is a poor choice.  

[Love my grandkids]

Absolutely I do!

[Enufstuff]

@SurferWife  I also edit often.

[magicmoodz]

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@icezeus wrote:

You are not alone. I do it all of the time. I embarrass myself sometimes when I come back and reread what I have written.

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@icezeus 

^^^This is me^^^

I grew up in a home with a father who expected proper grammar, punctuation, spelling and even good penmanship.

I know I make plenty of mistakes posting--often because I am multitasking. It's funny though. I often get a little niggling feeling to go back and re-read something I posted in haste to correct my errors. But still, I am truly embarrassed by my mistakes.

Now I will probably be called out for this (and truthfully I don't care because much arrogance has been permeating the board lately), but when I see some posts by former teachers that don't even make sense, along with many spelling errors, it makes me somewhat understand how so little is expected of today's youth.

[50Mickey]

@shoppingless  I was going to respond to the OP not to worry. Someone on these boards will most likely point out your mistake and let you know.

I was taught that one should never publicly correct another person's grammar or spelling. It is worse to do this than to make the error.