Has anyone else noticed that a lot of people on AB use "your" instead of "you're" to express "you are"? Do you think it's just a typo or they simply don't know the difference?
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I think many don't know the difference. The same goes for two/to/too, their/there/they're, and lose/loose.
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It's no typo. People just aren't as, shall we say, graceful as they used to be in grammar. I'm pretty sure they're not stupid, so I'm guessing maybe they just never payed much attention in English class due to being young and restless.
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its more of a type fast thing rather than a typo thing I think
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Yeah that's starting to piss me off, it's not just on AB lol. I think they just don't know the difference.
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Some really don't know the difference. Some, like myself, may be focusing too much attention elsewhere. My brain goes much faster than my hands and I am often seriously concentrating on my typing (my typing skills are atrocious). When I glance up to see what I've written, I'll sometimes miss those typos if they read with the same pronunciation as what my brain is trying to spit out. It's the same for there/their/they're and to/too. I rarely, if ever, misspell two. I'm not sure why that is.
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It's not just your and you're. It's its and then/than and about a gazillion other things. I never make a todo unless it interferes with my understanding of the q or a.
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It is mostly ignorance, some laziness. I will prey for them all.(wink wink)
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Texting/IMing is making people....um....ignorant of proper grammar/spelling/syntax.
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They must have been absent from class the day that was taught...and on many other days when similar grammatical elements were discussed. I fear you are going to see more and more of it, since many parents and teachers no longer correct misuse of the language or even spelling. In fact, I hear many teachers make conversational statements such as "Me and my friend....", an immediately corrected and chastised youthful error in past generations. A TEACHER making such a statment? It would have been unheard of back in my day. +5...your welcome! :-)
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I tend to try to ignore it because lots of people are typing in language that is not their native tongue, so grammatical issues may bug me, but I don't let it color my opinion. I take more issue with really bad misspellings, or completely unstructured sentences. I understand that there are many kinds of English languages that are used; but when I see that an American has used such poor grammar and spelling, I also realize that either they are a reflection on the education system, or they simply did not learn what was being taught in school. Our local paper runs a grammar article weekly; as a past editor it is never a surprise to me that Americans do not know when or how to use an apostrophe.
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I have also noticed the use of "you's" to be the plural of "you". I do not consider myself a grammar policeman, and generally my reaction is to wince and move on.
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It appears to be a sign of deliberate ignorance. I have yet to see anyone correct their ways when their error is pointed out to them.
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i wonder that all the time. people aren't very good with contractions, are they?
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I think they don't know the difference. I also see abuse of there,their, they're, and the question just below this one as I clicked on it said whose when it should have been who's.
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Many are completely ignorant. Sometimes typos are made, but more often on AB it is someone who's lucky to be able to spell "you." The one that really gets me is http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/couldof.html
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