I’m so OCD that I once edited a comment from months before. Someone replied and I noticed I had typed its instead of it’s and I just could not let that stay.
Depends if it gets my point acrossed if it doesn’t I edit it. If it does I don’t fuckin care. Point of language is to get meaning across not being absolutely perfect with grammar and punctuation.
One time, a particularly miserable individual on here told me that I shouldn’t make typos, if I’m going to post a controversial comment.
Nevermind that my comment was supposed to be friendly banter, but obviously, they didn’t actually care about that. They just needed to put someone down, so they could feel better about themselves.
But yeah, that really made me want to leave spelling mistakes in every comment I post. Unfortunately, I’m actually extremely anal about spelling, myself…
It’s not a trial transcript, it’s a public discussion. Most people reading it care more about the subject matter than about the commenters, and I try to write and edit comments with that in mind. I’ll edit for spelling, clarity, further information, etc.—anything that might be helpful for anyone reading. The only edits I generally refrain from are ones that affect the context of replies others have already made.
Some folks here sure do treat it like a trial transcript. They’d rather prove you’re wrong than teach you what’s right. Really wish that culture would’ve stayed on Reddit. It’s so incredibly worthless.
Yes. Sometimes I even update my thinking. Never try to leave a commenter hanging out to dry, though, so if I am quoted, or if anything I say is in response to a comment, or I make changes that I think might be relevant to a comment, I always actively call them out as edits.
As for grammar and spelling, Mrs. Mayo from Honors Freshman English would not be pleased if I didn’t have subject-verb agreement, though I have decided I will not be afraid to boldly split infinitives or leave prepositions at the ends of sentences for anyone I’m talking to. This isn’t Latin.
Yes! I stopped caring about the edited mark. Why should everything be perfect at the first post? I edit for grammar all the time, fix my phrasing, edit for better flow, add things I forgot to mention, etc.
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