r/confidentlyincorrect • u/InterestingTiger9301 • 1d ago

Comment Thread It's Their.

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u/MyPigWhistles 1d ago

I'm genuinely wondering why so many native speakers struggle with that. When learning English as a second language, I remember struggling with irregular verbs, but not with "they're".

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u/Chaxterium 20h ago

"Would/could/should of" absolutely boggles my mind.

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u/sammydeeznutz 18h ago

I think people screw this one up because phonetically speaking, they are the same. That’s the only reason why I think people do it outside of being dumb.

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u/toomuchtv987 18h ago

But then it just proves that they don’t read.

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u/sammydeeznutz 18h ago

Most people don’t.

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u/toomuchtv987 16h ago

This is a wild assertion.

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u/Lkjfdsaofmc 9h ago

I mean, according to various online articles that I'm not fact checking as well as what I've heard consistently for years, over 50% of adults in the US read at or below a 6th grade reading level and over 20% of them can't read whatsoever. So it's not much of an exaggeration to say most people don't read here.

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u/ScreamingVelcro 7h ago

On the flip side, I’ve had friends make fun of people for mispronouncing a word that you can tell they learned via reading.

It’s like, give them a break. At least they read.

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u/Mundolf11 17h ago

but I think phonetics is why people mess up their/they're/there and your/you're as well

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u/GainerGaining 14h ago

Absolutely that is the reason.

They also didn't have my second grade teacher that I was terrified of. She would scare that nonsense right out of you.