Quote - Well, there are mathematicians... and musicians... and spellers. The your/you're, their/they're/there, it's/its and especially "definately" misuse and misspelling get to me like a sliver under a fingernail: yes, it's a small wound, but it hurts ever so much anyway.

But, this is the Internet, folks. No one has to pass any sort of examination to log on. And they are doing their bit to tell the world that where they come from, proper spelling and grammar doesn't really matter.

Good point.  I think the OP is hacked off because the feature was written by a BBC "journalist". 

Addendum...

All the errors you mentioned should be hanging offences, IMO.  But then, so should mispronouncing "kilometre", so that's most of you for the rope.  :D

Coppula eam se non posit acceptera jocularum.

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