Cathryn

idk, maybe it bothers other people, but if it's a typo, I'd prefer to be alerted to it. I don't generally use betas or anything like that, so a fresh set of eyes is sometimes the only way I'll catch some of this stuff (especially the kind that doesn't flag spellcheck).

I guess it would be kind of rude to give unsolicited feedback like, "THAT IS NOT KYLE FARNSWORTH, WHAT A TERRIBLE CHARACTERIZATION, YOU'VE DONE IT ALL WRONG," but spelling I consider fair game, since it's usually just fingers typing faster than the brain is following or whatever.

Which is also why I would put something like discreet/discrete, or lose/loose, where/were, etc, in a different category from their/they're/there or your/you're errors... the former can be simple mechanical or spelling errors, especially when typing quickly, but the latter are more likely to be actual usage mistakes.