Spelling errors in the text can cause different reactions in different people. The reaction to spelling mistakes depends on the person’s personality type. Introverts and quiet people get more annoyed when they see typos or missing commas, while extroverts are less likely to care. Stanislav Sambursky, author of the Zen channel “Ecological Psychologist”, clinical psychologist at the Doctor Anikina Clinic, told socialbites.ca about this.
“Neurotics do not worry when the interlocutor makes a mistake in deleting, but they get angry when they see spelling errors. Agreeable and intolerant people often show an “allergy” to grammatical errors. “This is because personality traits are individual, each person has different needs for attention to detail and different levels of emotional sensitivity,” he explained.
According to the psychologist, spelling errors in the text can violate social literacy norms, which are considered important for communication and education. People who value purity and accuracy of language can judge the author of a text by spelling errors and draw conclusions about his intelligence and professionalism. Spelling errors can also reduce the author’s credibility if they are perceived as a sign of sloppiness, laziness, or disrespect.
“Text spelling errors can affect the reader’s mental state, causing stress, tension or frustration because they make it difficult to understand the text. Spelling errors are especially annoying in business correspondence because they require more effort to process. “In the event of a conflict situation, the recipient of the letter can use typos in the opponent’s letter to show other participants in the process that he is a lazy, careless person and not worth bothering with,” added the expert.
People who are far from perfect in literacy love to poke at spelling mistakes, misspellings and colloquial expressions in writing.
“This is often associated with neuroticism and uncooperativeness. People with low self-esteem especially like to find fault with what they wear. Although I do not know anything other than this rule, they look for reasons for criticism and conflict to compensate for their complexes,” noted psychologist Sambursky.
Spelling errors in text infuriate people for a variety of reasons that have to do with their personality, social norms, mental state, and context of communication. However, he noted that this does not mean that typos are always bad or unacceptable.
“In some cases, they can be creative, fun, and even useful for expressing yourself or making an impact. The important thing is to understand that language is a means of communication and the transfer of thoughts and feelings, it is not a reason to start a conflict,” the expert concluded.
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