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To all the "could of" morons...

Started by @Leo, Oct 08 2012 22:46 images

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#1 @Leo

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 22:46

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 22:56

I've noticed native English speakers make these mistakes more often than us Belgians (English is the third language here, after Dutch and French).

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:02

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:06

Ambroos, on 08 October 2012 - 22:56, said:

I've noticed native English speakers make these mistakes more often than us Belgians (English is the third language here, after Dutch and French).

Sadly, I would hazard to say it's mostly among some Americans, who are slowly but surely forgetting how to spell every word in the English language.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:17

Ambroos, on 08 October 2012 - 22:56, said:

I've noticed native English speakers make these mistakes more often than us Belgians (English is the third language here, after Dutch and French).

You usually learn more grammar when learning a foreign language than you do when learning your own native language.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:18

Its not a problem, your just being picky.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:19

JoeC, on 08 October 2012 - 23:18, said:

Its not a problem, you're just being picky.

Fixed that for you.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:29

Marshall, on 08 October 2012 - 23:19, said:

Fixed that for you.

Fixed your mistake for you.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:30

Marshall, on 08 October 2012 - 23:19, said:

Fixed that for you.

Theirs another one you could of fixed, but have'nt.

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:36

Marshall, on 08 October 2012 - 23:19, said:

Fixed that for you.

So... you have a problem with his use of "your", but not his use of "its"?

You only fixed 50% of the grammar issues in that very short sentence

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Posted 08 October 2012 - 23:40

Heil Grammatik!

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Posted 09 October 2012 - 00:06

From my observation, "could of" "would of" "should of" are typically used by Brits, while "its" and "your" are used by Americans.

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Posted 09 October 2012 - 00:07

JoeC, on 08 October 2012 - 23:18, said:

Its not a problem, your just being picky.

It's not a problem that people should be able to speak or write their own language? I'm fine with non-English speakers that can't do this, but English speakers should know. Just saw a post today that had NO punctuation either, and it was about 5 sentences long. Ridiculous.