Imagine that you are in a classroom or a meeting. The teacher or the meeting leader says something incorrect In your opinion, which of the following is the best thing to do?
-Interrupt and correct the mistake right away
-Wait until the class or meeting is over and the people are gone, and then talk to the teacher or meeting leade
-Say nothing
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
It happens when teachers or meeting leaders say something incorrect while addressing to the public. There are three main opinions people hold on how to deal with it after they notice the mistakes. Some of them will choose to correct the speaker on the spot; some prefer to say nothing; and some wait for the chance to talk to the speakers in private until everyone else is gone. If I were under such circumstance, I will resort to the last approach since it is the most appropriate one. In the following paragraphs I will present my reasons.
First and foremost, pointing out the speaker's mistake in a private situation avoid possible embarrassment. The teacher or meeting leader is considered authority to some extend in a classroom or a meeting, cut into his speech and wrong him will make him less trust-worthy and thus embarrass him. This is especially true for speakers who have a hard time tackling with opposite voice.
Moreover, this solution shows respect to other audiences. Not everyone will notice or pay much attention to mistakes in a speaking context. Particularly, if the incorrectness is minor, most of the audience might ignore it and focus on the important parts of the class or meeting. However, if someone interrupt and correct the speaker right away, the good flow of a lecture will be disrupted and valuable time wasted.
Admittedly, some might argue that the solution of say nothing could also avoid awkwardness and show respect. Nevertheless, correcting the mistake is necessary. Chances are that the speaker himself did not notice what he said was wrong and will continue to say so in other occasions. If so, this incorrect idea will spread wider and wider, which will not only mislead more listeners but also harm the reputation of the speaker in the long run. This necessitates the audience who are aware of the mistake to remind the speaker.
To put it in a nutshell, we should be particularly cautious when correcting mistakes of a speaker. After a careful and thorough analysis of pros and cons of the three methods, it is safe to conclude that waiting until the end of the class or meeting to point out the mistakes is the best one.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 169, Rule ID: SOME_EXTEND[1]
Message: Did you mean 'extent' ("extent" is a noun, "extend" is a verb)?
Suggestion: extent
... leader is considered authority to some extend in a classroom or a meeting, cut into h...
^^^^^^
Line 3, column 301, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[1]
Message: The pronoun 'someone' must be used with a third-person verb: 'interrupts'.
Suggestion: interrupts
...e class or meeting. However, if someone interrupt and correct the speaker right away, the...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, moreover, nevertheless, so, thus, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 15.1003584229 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 9.8082437276 133% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 13.8261648746 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.0286738351 73% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 26.0 43.0788530466 60% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 52.1666666667 94% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.0752688172 111% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1798.0 1977.66487455 91% => OK
No of words: 373.0 407.700716846 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.82037533512 4.8611393121 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.39467950092 4.48103885553 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69201209302 2.67179642975 101% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 212.727598566 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549597855228 0.524837075471 105% => OK
syllable_count: 557.1 618.680645161 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.6003584229 92% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.1344086022 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.2820630195 48.9658058833 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.6315789474 100.406767564 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6315789474 20.6045352989 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.68421052632 5.45110844103 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 11.8709677419 51% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 3.85842293907 259% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88709677419 61% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.242666165622 0.236089414692 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0662263656327 0.076458572812 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0642578584573 0.0737576698707 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130825132813 0.150856017488 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0385834427419 0.0645574589148 60% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 11.7677419355 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 58.1214874552 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 10.1575268817 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.68 10.9000537634 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.88 8.01818996416 98% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 86.8835125448 90% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.002688172 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.0537634409 95% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.247311828 78% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.