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Originally Posted by HoudiniMan
As for letting them know, a forum PM works just as well as a post without the public embarassment and without derailing the thread
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I don't think that spelling corrections generally derail threads. Not unless the corrected party goes into hysterics about it.
In any case, PMs are too cumbersome. Plus it's often the case that their misuse of the word has some significance to the thread - such as in this case, when thrash accidentally accused people of ignorance. I'm sorry that the correction might embarrass him, but that's pretty much the risk you take when you make such extravagent claims. Nobody's going to let his insult pass just because they don't want to make him feel bad.