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If it's something practically unnoticeable, I'm bound to notice... Like the difference between among and between. But I can't usually tell the difference, especially in the below sentence:

"It was hard to choose among/between all of the fine entries..."

It's supposed to be among, but it just sounds weird.

I'm an Obsessive-Compulsive English teacher, so naturally I am a grammar Nazi. smile

I do, however, broach the subject cautiously. I encourage others to improve themselves, because their dialect does get on my nerves, and it often misrepresents intelligent people as uneducated imbeciles; but I choose to do it in a helping way, considering that if I were to rain down upon them like a hail of flaming debris, it would send them scurrying, and they would not learn anything from the endeavor.

Except, of course, the value of running and hiding.

I tend to correct people a lot, but I'm only a Nazi about it when the mistakes are huge.

The only acception I really make are for my friends, I want to go easy on them, and people who have learned English as a second language. English is NOT as easy as we pan it out to be for those poor people.

It depends on the level of laziness and voluntary retardation involved. If it's typos or common minor spelling or grammar mistakes, I don't even bother saying anything to the person, as it is not a big deal. But when you have a sentence that reads like this:

awww...c** on plz i want wun 2 y u gota be haetin on me like dat i bet its cuz i pwnd u at tetris watever u suk

or

i hate going at scool becuse all the stupd mexksicans who cant speek inglish.y dont they all go bakc to meksxico and stop tackin our guvermente wellfair checks?

then I get friggin irrate and downright demonic.
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A lot of grammar errors pisses me off, especially if all the errors are barely readable.

One time when I was wandering around the Q&A, looking to give some help when I came across a total newbie who asked, "1dk, wg0 but 1 n33d h3lp w/ FrX" <-I don't what's going on but I need help with Firefox." I had to look it up the terms, "wgo and FrX" on Wikipedia to see what he meant. stressed

For me, it really depends on the severity of the mistake and sometimes how well I know someone. If they're a complete stranger, then I'll tell them whatever the mistake is, however, I'm less likely to point it out to a friend. Mostly when I correct people in real life, it's with pronouncing things. You should hear some of the people in my history class when we read from the books (which is rare). One girl kept saying Prussia like Proo-shah, even after she was corrected several times. Also, when someone else was reading, he couldn't go for more than 14 seconds without having trouble saying something, which led to me reading that word for him so he could continue. It's pure torture!

Simple typos I'll tend to ignore if they're infrequent. Repeated typos I'll always point out. Switched words (your/you're, where/were, their/they're/there) I'll almost always point out. Improper verb conjugation I'll usually point out unless the person isn't a native English speaker. Exessive punctuation (Hi!!!! or What????) I'll always point out unless it's warranted (rarely). Incorrect punctuation (a semicolon where a colon should be) I may or may not point out, with the exclusion of missing punctuation (wont, cant, dont). Only exception when I won't point out a missing apostrophe is when I know the person is on a mobile device.

My tone when pointing out an error usually depends on a combination of my mode and the number of offenses in a short timeframe. One or two mistakes and I'll be polite; a two paragraph long post with 40 of them I'll usually flame the person.

I'm pretty bad. I notice the little things and the big things. I correct sometimes, sometimes not. It just depends on my mood. I always notice a grammar error, but don't always comment upon it. Like I said, it just depends.