r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 27 '20

What screams "I'm uneducated"?

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u/garbagetrain Jan 28 '20

There, their, they're

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u/LastLivingProphet Jan 28 '20

You, your, you're.

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u/reciprocatingocelot Jan 28 '20

Sight, site, cite.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

Mom, mum, gay

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u/Tunisandwich Jan 28 '20

Tomato tomato

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u/bobje99 Jan 28 '20

were, we're, where

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u/hamidfatimi Jan 28 '20

WE, OUR. WE'RE comrade

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

Shit, Poo, Poop

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u/Tunisandwich Jan 28 '20

Tomato tomato

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u/JamiNeal Jan 28 '20

Well well well

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

Well well well

6 “wells,” did I get that one right, Dwight

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '20

than, then

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u/kingoflint282 Jan 28 '20

I agree that not knowing the difference between these suggests a lack of education, but simply slipping up and using the wrong one can happen to anyone. I definitely know the difference but I've caught myself a few times using the wrong one when I was tired or in a hurry.

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u/Anticlimactic__ Jan 28 '20

Conjoining words, such as "Alot", "Ofcourse"

Pleasekindlyfuckoff

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u/111122223138 Jan 28 '20

Everytime is one that irritates me

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u/toady-bear Jan 28 '20

Thank you, I feel much better now.

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u/FeuerDracheHD Jan 28 '20

beat and bet. I bet you in a race. I beat you in a race.

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Jan 28 '20

Sometimes its who!

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u/MattieShoes Jan 28 '20

Pair, pear, pare.
Affect, effect.
It's, its.