This is the main element of Sperbergers that drives the Normals nuts. We feel the need to correct every mistake - ours or others - whether or not doing so is a requirement. In the classroom, this can be a positive trait (as long as we don't correct the star linebacker publicly, then laugh at him for being wrong in the first place). In real life... not so much. People only want to be corrected if they are asking you for your input - other than that, they find our quest for perfection on their behalf quite annoying.
In social settings, I would only try to correct others on their facts (not grammar, spelling, or errant delivery) - and even then only correct the facts that are pertinent to the topic at hand. When you first attempt to swallow that impulse to correct someone, it will feel like a caffeinated frog is trying to jump out of your tightly-closed mouth. Unsettling, true... but not as unsettling as losing a friend over your nitpicking or getting punched out by somebody who isn't too fond of being corrected.
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