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I was in a meeting where this just happened. And as liberal as I am, it is exactly PC nitpicking. You can also choose to lead by example rather than correcting people. Despite all the good intentions in the world, people may not react well to this style, making your contribution locally ineffective.

This is double if the person you're correcting doesn't think what they're doing is "wrong".




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