Not that this would be utterly important... but as it's rather quiet here at the moment, I thought people might be willing to share their opinions.

Thing is, I sometimes feel like just fixing obvious typos, in particular if it's in subject lines, like for example the recent "Momory" vs. "Memory"... However, I'm not sure how it would be perceived by the OP.  On the one hand, fixing it might unnecessarily point at the glitch ("look here, that should've been..."), on the other hand, not fixing it might come across in a similar way ("there you are... if you don't care to check your spelling, it's not my business to do it for you") — and leaving it as it is might eventually showcase the glitch even more.  So, not being able to decide based on that reasoning, I usually resort to conventional netiquette which tends to be somewhat in favor of leaving things as they are...

Any thoughts? Would you perceive correcting typos as being impolite? Or am I just thinking too much? :)

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