One thing I've always said is, "the reason education is such a valuable thing is because so few people have one". The written word is an important part of effective communication - it's important to express oneself clearly. Correcting one's grammar is not "bullying". If people are offended by it, they should consider better educating themselves. Most browsers have built-in spell check extensions, so there's no reason to make such mistakes other than pure laziness.

They are an annoying lot aren't they. I think they feel a moment of superiority if they catch a misspelling, or a punctuation error, or some other typo that annoys them. Reminds me of grammar school English teachers.

They believe that they are educating others. I sometimes welcome such online correction because English is my second language.

It's "Nazis". * * * Now: do you feel controlled? Personally, I don't feel like I'm controlling you. * * * Bullying - is when you are intimidated by actual use of force or imminent threat of force. I don't know why someone re-defined the word to include insults, but that's ridiculous. A bully is the one who says he'll knock your teeth out if you don't do what he wants, or the one who DOES knock your teeth out if you don't do what he wants, and you (the victim) are unable to defend yourself against him. Insults are not - ever - on the same level as bullying.

Yes. It's actually a form of trolling if the behaviour is unhelpful or unwanted.

I heard someone today pronounce the T in "exactly". ☺

It should be "Nazis". (That was a joke, but also a valid point.) - - - Answering the question (while probably including in my answer some grammatical or typographical errors): No. It's much more of a "pet peeve". I like to read well-written texts. I was taught to write well-written texts. Typically when I read a poorly-written text (except in cases where the text is intended to convey things like character or dialectic idiosyncrasies), I feel that the text is not only poorly written, but also poorly informed. It's contrary to what I expect because it is contrary to what has been demanded of me. *** Now: there are certainly exceptions. For example: I work in plumbing, and when one of my associates fills out an invoice with very poor English, I recognize that it is a result of poor education and it doesn't bother me because what's important is to convey what work was done, why the work was necessary, and to justify the cost. If the poorly written text adequately serves the intended purpose then I have no quibble. *** But on the other hand - for example - when I'm reading a news article on BBC news and I find several grammatical errors in the article, and sometimes even errors in vocabulary, then my expectations have been violated and my trust in the article evaporates. In a nutshell: I am thoroughly disappointed and have the feeling that I wasted my time reading the article.

It's theirway of discrediting a person to imply they are smarter don't worry about what the person is actually saying. I like to keep things short and to the point.