tupalos@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 days agoWhat are some signs your getting older?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoYou start correcting people when they say “your” instead of “you’re” :-)
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoQuite the opposite. The older you get the less clever it feels to point out the common mistakes of others
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoIt’s replaced with a desire to help people be better.
minus-squarefishpen0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoYep. Even if you don’t have kids, that parental and grandparental instinct still starts to build and you can’t stop yourself
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoI agree actually, I was only kidding because of the subject of the post.
minus-squarehogmomma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 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.
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
It’s replaced with a desire to help people be better.
Yep. Even if you don’t have kids, that parental and grandparental instinct still starts to build and you can’t stop yourself
I agree actually, I was only kidding because of the subject of the post.
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.