Just post online more often. People will point at your mistakes
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2026
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Peepol we'll point at ur mis 🍖.
Yeah, we know
Correct usage of punctuation is equally important.
Edit: for the pedants :)
I might easily be wrong, but isn't punctuation just part of grammar (along with spelling, which I used to confuse with grammar)?
Nuh uh. You can also use incorrect punctuation,
Every punctuation is correct, just not always placed correctly.
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So I guess I can just like put all the punctuation at the beginning of a comment or whatever segment of text on any medium It looks like it takes a bit too much effort but I suppose it can protect me from scrutiny
Reverse Polish Punctuation
There was an author who did that for the second edition of his book. First edition had no punctuation so the second edition he added a few pages of punctuation at the end for complainers. He said they could put them where they wanted to.
What’s like putting?
It means putting something in a likely way (?)
That’s like a good answer.
For the OP, your title has two independent clauses, and you need to separate them with a comma before the word "and."
lol same
My fear when talking in my second language.
I claim all bets are off with a non-native tongue. But spelling-checker tools are a thing, so we're not completely off the hook.
I just don't do any French or Spanish here ! ;-)
Do you notice people misunderstanding you? That's how you'd know.
If you are not getting feedback from your readers, then fair enough, you'll never know; but in that case, how do you even know anyone is reading your writing?
I tend to think my grammar its like a tree falling in the woods, the few squirrels that notice it can probably find another tree to harass.
I might have terrible grammar and everyone knows it except for me Do you notice people misunderstanding you? That’s how you’d know.
The case where people know about a grammar issue but still understand the writer is a counterexample to your claim.
As someone who was raised Rural and will drop a lot of dialect into speech, I've seen how it colours the response and taints the message. I've seen where people spot a bad habit and just let it go. People know.
The more one learns about structure and form, the more one notices these gaffes; and not only does it change how the message was received, but it can also be one-sided. For instance: people who say "some emails" don't realise how discordant it sounds to people who don't say "some mails". People who say "some email" I think aren't generally noticed by people who say "the mails".
What you do with what you notice? That's on you. But in a world where first impressions are actually a thing, it'll be noticed.
Ironically, I've found that in many cases, frequently I find perfectly correct grammar to be more a hindrance to communication than a boon. In certain cases, grammatically wrong leads to fewer misunderstandings.