• ThunderQueen@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    [I get that.] I turned auto correct off years ago and cant be bothered to hit shift most of the time. Besides, im not calling anyone stupid.

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      21 hours ago

      “im” still has me actually smiling. Yeah, sort of. You’re giving prescriptive advice, which is what’s giving me the giggles. It’s funny.

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        17 hours ago

        Idk. Imo, the spelling of words matters much more than punctuation and capitalization. “Your” and “you’re” have wildly different meanings. If i understand the marriam-webster definition of prescriptivism correctly, it pertains more to the spelling and cultural understanding of the word. Perscriptivism would be saying that what they said was blatantly wrong; which i didnt do. But calling someone stupid while mispelling the main subject of the sentence is pretty ironic and happens a lot.

        [For instance: M-W uses the words irregardless and regardless for their example. For this specific scenario, i would say ur is better than your]

        But i can just take my stupid elsewhere i suppose (get it? Lol)