[jamesbritt]

"But if we know what he meant why does this matter? Language exists to convey meaning, and I think we all understood what he meant, so I don't see the problem here."

I often don't know what the user meant. It makes for extra work to stop and think what possible meaning was intended. Some thing when people use "less" for "fewer". I have to think, did they mean "lesser" or "fewer"?