If someone asks an AB question with a stupid spelling error like "Do you use the pubic library?" Do you point out the error? Make fun? or answer the question you think they meant?
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MarthaStewart
ANSWERS: 4
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I answer the question that was listed, sometimes making fun at the same time. The exception is if it seems to be a serious emotionally-charged question that the person truly needs help with - then I ignore the bad spelling. "I didn't know there were libraries that had such collections. My stars!"
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I answer the question as I think it should be read. If the editing time has passed there is nothing the questioner can do. My typing is dreadful and it is very easy to let typos slip through. Who am I to make fun of others. I always try to remember that the person may not be using their first language and are doing the best they can to learn and do not need ridicule for what are usually pretty good efforts.
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If I don't have an answer to the real question, I let it slide. If I do have an answer, I'll first give a tongue-in-cheek answer about "pubic" libraries, then I'll give the real answer. Because thin-skinned people should avoid AB and get their answers from someplace safe, like the library, pubic or otherwise.
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I don't point it out unless i can't tell what they are trying to say
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