Do you correct people during normal conversations?

I was talking to a co-worker I don't see frequently about the World Series and he had some facts wrong about when the Dodgers moved to LA and Dodger Stadium, but I didn't correct him because it didn't matter for the conversation we were having.

But another time, I was talking to a guy at a party who was trying to be a know-it-all about the team and was mixing up years and facts and I corrected him after he tried saying I was wrong about a game I attended.

My wife will sometimes mix up facts in telling a story, such as combining events from two vacations into the same trip, but I will only correct her if it would clear confusion to the listener.

So, do you correct others during the course of a normal conversation or let it go?

 

FTFY

And I would like to correct your thread title. It irritates me.

 

Depends on how much I like them. Also, you gotta read the room. Do others know they're in error? Does it make them look bad? If a loved one is making a mistake and it makes them look bad, I might politely correct them. For the most part, no. Ya can easily come off looking like a know it all. Still, there are few better joys in life than denuding some jagoff who has his facts mixed up.

 

What's a normal conversation?

 

But enough about my brother-in-law ...

 

I correct written English, not spoken English ... but I am a son of a bitch when it comes to correcting written English.

Ah, one exception ... I enjoy telling my daughter's boyfriend he's full of shit when he's pontificating about something.

 

As one gets older, more conversations are about the past. Trying to create an accurate picture often involves mutual corrections, as each person has a slightly different recollection of events. Some such conversations are like 90 percent corrections.

 

I find it prudent given the sheer volume of egregiously wrong information out there.

 

I would never be able to hold a normal conversation if I spent the entire time correcting everyone.

 

This is not a trivial point ...

 

I actually told a guy at a dinner party that I really enjoyed talking with him because he knows what he's talking about. I told him that most of the time, when guys find out I was a sportswriter, they always want to talk about sports and they don't know their ass. MTM, I don't usually correct them, unless it is imperative to the conversation. I just nod and say "OK."

 

I forgot to mention the guy who saw me wearing a Dodgers tie yesterday who said he remembers the the last time the Dodgers won in 1988 with Garvey, Lopes, Russell and Cey. Since we were in the restroom at a courthouse and I didn't know if he was a defendant or a juror, I simply agreed instead of telling him none of them were still there in 88.