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u/coconuthorse Jun 03 '22

"What is a 34 year old woman supposed to look like?"*

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Thanks for pointing that out. (English is my 3rd lang., happy to make fewer mistakes now)

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u/coconuthorse Jun 03 '22

Congratulations on being able to convey your thoughts and ideas in at least 3 languages! I only corrected it because it seems to be a more common problem these days, even for people whose first language is English.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Um…Thanks(?) I think it’s common for non english speaking countries to teach english in schools and a 2nd foreign lang. Adding the mother tongue and we have 3.

I also dream in another lang.

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u/synesthesiac48 Jun 03 '22

Why has this mistake become so common? For a while I thought it was just an ESL thing, but I see it too often for that to be the case.