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What single addition would be most useful to the English writing system? (self.neography)

submitted 10 months ago by Darthjaffacake to c/neography

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Every once in a while I sometimes think about remaking the English writing system, as is normal I'm sure😅, and I wonder what would be the most useful revision of punctuation or phonetic.

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[–] jaxxed 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Strich typing would make it much easier to learn ... and then much harder to grow, as importing words becomes harder.

A plural "you" would alleviate some awkwardness here and there. I often use "yous"

Negatives that match their positives: avoid the difference between "he went" and "he didn't go"

[–] sighofannoyance 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

why not just say "he did go" vs "he didn't go"? it's not that they are different rather that !("he went") doesn't exist.

[–] jaxxed 2 points 10 months ago

"He went" is much more common, and has no negative.