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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Using an apostrophe in plurals. Don't know why but this one drives me insane.

Also they're/there/their and you're/your

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Break/brake

Write one long block of text, no punctuation, capitalization or paragraph breaks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's okay for something short, like texting, but proper grammar and punctuation are kind of necessary for the longer chunks of text.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I personally find your/you’re very tricky for whatever reason.

Like, I know which one I’m supposed to use, but I occasionally find myself using the wrong one every now and then for some inexplicable reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, makes sense people can know the difference and make these mistakes because of muscle memory or whatever. The problem I have with it is it's clear many, many people either just don't know or care which one they're supposed to use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. Especially when typing. Hand writing tends to filter the confusion out more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Everyone knows the real plural is ATM machines.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That hurt my brain, darn you.

[–] Impressive_Towel2 1 points 1 year ago

Hey now guy's come on their just don't know better