Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I hate myself for this. I have a brooks on my commuter, and I have some proofide for it that I can't find. I'm too cheap to buy another tin since I know the first tin will show up as a result. I'd rather buy another saddle.
I figure online forums are an informal venue where we can all let a few lazy sentences go without comment. I used to get all worked up when I saw they're in place of their. They're (sic) was a sign at work that had that mistake, and it used to annoy me to no end.
Signs at work annoy me too, but I let online errors pass unless they appear in grammar cop posts. Some people spell or construct sentences better than others, but the result doesn't correspond reliably with the value of a post's content.