# Remind me of the name of our board "law" about correcting grammar/spelling **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724 "2014-08-17T00:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724/1 "2014-08-17T00:51:27Z")
I am trying to describe, in an e-mail, our board “law” that says: “Any post correcting the grammar or spelling of a previous poster will itself contain a grammar or spelling error.”\* I am completely brain-farting on what we call this law. Help a Doper out? \*And do I have the wording right? Curse this search function that won’t allow me to search a 3-letter word! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724/2 "2014-08-17T00:55:34Z")
Godears Law Gaudere’s Law ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724/3 "2014-08-17T01:00:50Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724/4 "2014-08-17T06:12:29Z")
Some other places call it [Muphry’s law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724/5 "2014-08-17T09:21:42Z")
[We just had a thread about it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=730580) Specifically about Muphry’s Law, but Gaudere’s Law was mentioned, too. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724/6 "2014-08-17T12:21:27Z")
It was named after **Gaudere** who came up with it, she’s a Moderator (although she’s not been active recently.) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724/7 "2014-08-17T14:43:46Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > It was named after **Gaudere** who came up with it, she’s a Moderator (although she’s not been active recently.) I think that’s why I forgot the name. I knew it was named after somebody here, but I hadn’t seen them post in a while.