For years, it seems, it's been impossible to find a language-related post or article online without a stickler making trouble in the comments section. Even on political, social, and retail sites, outraged commenters love to point out a missplaced apostrophe as a way to challenge the writer's intelligence, education, or morality.
And are we not human? Why shouldn't we err?
At the University of Chicago Press a whole staff of editors makes a living finding typos and grammar goofs in book and journal article manuscripts, and no one thinks those writers are ignorant or corrupt.
It's simply wrong to assume that anyone who types your when they mean you're doesn't know the difference. And in any case, is it right to point it out in a rude, public manner?
1. David J. Smith, Reliability, Maintainability and Risk, 7th ed. (Elsevier, 2005), app. 6. DOI: 10.1016/B978-075066694-7/50031-4.
If it's an important document, let someone read it before your reader reads it. If it's a comment on a blog post, well, typos happen.
Interestingly, it's my non-editor friends who are forever sending me links/screenshots/photos of typos they've found in the wild, fully expecting me to gleefully link arms with them and shout HURRAH at our superiority. In fact, when I notice a typo that matters, I just quietly email or message the author to say, "Psst! You've got a typo in line 3!" rather than post it on social media with a snarky comment.
I completely agree. No one is perfect, and that includes editors.
Flaming is unacceptable anywhere but especially in a professional group.
I would guess that because both organize and organise are correct in British English ('organize' is the spelling preferred by the Oxford English dictionary) the other editors thought they were interchangeable, but of course you have to pick one way and stick to it for the affected ise/ize verbs.
I don't usually correct people online unless they've asked a question or wondered if they did something incorrectly. I realize that there are many cases where it is more an issue of style than grammar, and people have options. I also realize that many people don't care about correct grammar, and I am being of no benefit to anyone by nagging them about it.
Person A: That is from Mary and me.
Person B: Mary and I.
LC: Actually, Person A was correct. The pronoun needs to be me, because it is an object of the preposition from.
That will usually lead to more questions which I am happy to answer. Mostly, I like to teach people who have indicated a desire to learn.