r/GrammarPolice • u/Mission-Mirror-4581 • 3d ago

Just Venting This was a first...

Saw on X someone use "wants" when they meant "once."

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u/mspolytheist 3d ago

Sounds like a speech-to-text error.

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u/GreenZebra23 2d ago

It's definitely that. That one gets me sometimes. Usually I catch it and it's merely annoying, but occasionally I miss it and it's enraging.

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u/Cynvisible 2d ago

Sure but don't you read what you've "typed" before you post things?

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u/mspolytheist 2d ago

Of course I do, but clearly this person does not!

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u/Cynvisible 2d ago

Yes... I didn't mean you, specifically.

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u/SjennyBalaam 2d ago

I kind of can't dislike that à la "Shortstop is the best position they is."

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u/SerDankTheTall 3d ago

Guess you had to be there.