My life is a constant battle between wanting to correct grammatical mistakes, and wanting to have friends . . . .
Roaring with laughter—my Bride can relate to that. She cackled when I read your posting to her, saying, “yeah, yeah”.
I went to an old fashioned grammar school, where grammar and spelling were considered important. I learned early on that, "a preposition was something you shouldn't end a sentence with." Our English master (the teachers wore gowns) expected us individually on occasions, to stand up in front of the class and give a short talk on a subject in which we had an interest. The inclusion of "ums" errs" or hand gestures, was discouraged by having a board rubber lobbed at you, if you dared include them. I feel like doing that with most of the presenters I see on TV. However, "I've been reliably informed," that when it comes to message boards, the sites are configured to sometimes add a random "typo" or spelling mistake, between, "preview post" and "post reply."
As I have gotten older, I find myself more prone to inadvertently making spelling and occasional grammatical errors that I would never knowingly make. Ironically, at the same time I am increasingly bothered by others making those same mistakes. Does not compute...
My guatamalan high school junior hired as summer helper..... "hey fernan said if you can order more blades." Me: The correct way to say that is "Hey, Fernan asked if you can order more blades." I believe the way you posed your grammar makes the reader wait for further information, such as a subject. For example, using your own sentence for fun; "hey fernan said if you can order more blades we can fend off these aliens trying to get the hot dogs out of the refridgerator." I am terrible but I try.