• TwilightKiddy@scribe.disroot.org
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    1 day ago

    I don’t know, but a lot of people in this thread seem to suggest that it’s them not being a native speaker that’s the problem.

    In my experience it’s actually the opposite, so many native speakers mess up things like your/you’re, it’s insane. Well, any time something is off about the English grammar on the internet, we blame the American education system.

    Sometimes it’s funny, though. Like “for all intensive purposes”.

    • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      22 hours ago

      The thing is, it’s not a “bone apple tea” moment, having only heard it vs reading. It’s a single word, and a fairly simple thing to memorize the difference between “fail/forget” and “release/relaxed/wobbly”, but… people are generally pretty stupid, and the truth is scary, so here we are. 🥲