DEAR MISS MANNERS: A young adult relative texts me a lovely greeting nearly every day, which I cherish so much. However, every single day, she makes the same two spelling mistakes.
I feel like I want to say something about it, but I don't know if it would be proper or even how I would say it. Her spelling mistakes are common ones that almost everyone knows about. She writes the phrase, "I love you more then you will know" -- "then" instead of "than."
The other phrase that she uses every single day is, "Your welcome" -- "your" instead of "you're."
She is married to my nephew, and I love her so very much. We have grown quite close. I don't ever want to hurt her or upset her.
But it irks me that she does this every day. She probably writes these phrases to all of her friends and other relatives, too.
I think I would appreciate it if someone would let me know if I misspelled a word over and over again. I keep wondering if it would be a kindness if I corrected her? Or should I just overlook it and try not to let it irk me?
GENTLE READER: A quick way to kill this correspondence would be to respond to expressions of affection with a report card.
Anyway, Miss Manners suspects that those admittedly annoying errors may not even be the fault of your nice niece-in-law. Texting apps are notorious for guessing the word being typed and finishing it with the wrong guess. And the repetition may be because of stored phrases.