You clearly aren’t from an “english is the third language” country. I would not write like that but also I didn’t notice the grammar errors until they were pointed out, my brain filtered them through.
Non-native speakers tend to make mistakes with “its” vs “it’s” because they learn that in English the rule for when to after a “subject” put an apostrophe followed by an “s” is when you’re talking about something that subject has, but this case is an exception to that rule since " it " followed " 's " stands for " it is " whilst talking about something that " it " has is written " its ".
I mean, you can memorize there’s an exception to the rule for this case, but if you’re not paying enough attention when writting it’s easy to make a mistake by unthinkingly following the rule as usual even though in this case it doesn’t apply, and even if you re-read the text to check if it’s alright, it’s easy to miss it because you kinda have the right meaning in your mind so you read what you meant to write rather than what you wrote plus they’re both valid forms so neither stands out as a spelling mistake even when misused.
It’s/its is also common mistake with non-native speakers.
The really obvious one is using of instead of instead of have. Would of. Should of. Could of. From would’ve, should’ve, could’ve. Non-native speakers will rarely if ever make that mistake.
That’s the least of the grammatical problems in that post.
:eyetwitch:
Yeah, I just assumed that English wasn’t the writers first language.
I only someone could invent some kind of computerised grammar checking utility. ;)
You clearly aren’t from an “english is the third language” country. I would not write like that but also I didn’t notice the grammar errors until they were pointed out, my brain filtered them through.
“filtered them through” < “allowed them through, unfiltered” 🙇🏼♂️
There’s a lot of stuff where native speakers make more mistakes than people who learn the language later in life, though. Not just with English.
It’s vs. its is a classic, which is written very differently in many other languages. I suspect they mix them up less when they switch to English.
Non-native speakers tend to make mistakes with “its” vs “it’s” because they learn that in English the rule for when to after a “subject” put an apostrophe followed by an “s” is when you’re talking about something that subject has, but this case is an exception to that rule since " it " followed " 's " stands for " it is " whilst talking about something that " it " has is written " its ".
I mean, you can memorize there’s an exception to the rule for this case, but if you’re not paying enough attention when writting it’s easy to make a mistake by unthinkingly following the rule as usual even though in this case it doesn’t apply, and even if you re-read the text to check if it’s alright, it’s easy to miss it because you kinda have the right meaning in your mind so you read what you meant to write rather than what you wrote plus they’re both valid forms so neither stands out as a spelling mistake even when misused.
It’s/its is also common mistake with non-native speakers.
The really obvious one is using of instead of instead of have. Would of. Should of. Could of. From would’ve, should’ve, could’ve. Non-native speakers will rarely if ever make that mistake.
Oh, yes! That’s a much better example, thanks.
Hear me out:
Id rather see mistakes like this than
And not just bullets, but also other obvious signs of AI slop — emdash included.
Would you like me to-
:|
I dont usually bother typing apostrophes on mobile. Youll only see them from me when ive selected the recommended word while typing.
Ah, so you’re confidently part of the fucking problem, I guess. 🙄
Part of what probkem?
Ok, but it’s not that hard, bro.
I appreciate how someone can complain about AI-speak and immediately refuse to make their text readable by humans.
“Why would I make “ive” easier to read?”
Not a lot of reflection in this one.
Where did i refuse? Please quote it, because i dont recall anyone telling me they were struggling and requested me to.
I didn’t say it was hard, bro.
My comment was not a reading comprehension test, yet you failed.
Ah, so you’re just an arsehole. Bye.
So you came to my comment, cold-criticized me for something you made up in your own head, and im the asshole for pointing it out to you?
Then you decide to call me names and leave?
lol classic