Comment on The ability to be spontaneous in life is directly proportion to the size of your bank account
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 days agoOnly native speakers make the your you’re there their they’re mistakes.
Comment on The ability to be spontaneous in life is directly proportion to the size of your bank account
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 days agoOnly native speakers make the your you’re there their they’re mistakes.
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 2 days ago
What makes you think that?
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Because they’re just writing as they speak, whereas someone who learned English later in life should have a greater understanding that these are different words. I believe I’ve read about it before.
Here’s a quick and dirty link to a discussion on the same topic.
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 2 days ago
Okay, guess that’s one explanatio n. It just doesn’t fit with what I see (as someone whose studied English for ~6 years). People in my class still confuse “you’re” and “your” quite frequently.
erin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
I believe they were being sarcastic.