Originally Posted by
rydabent
I, for one, don't give a rat's ass how "pure" the writing is on these threads. As long as the point or question get across, it is fine with me. Actually to me, nitpicking grammar, a typo, or a misplaced comma is just as bad as the transgression.
The other thing about the nitpicking is it may turn off new posters.
As this is an international forum in scope based in American-usage English, it behooves the native speakers to set an example of correct usage for the non-native speakers. How else do they improve their skills? Oh, yeah: I fixed your linguistic disaster, too.