Your/Weather/Too. - rant
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'your and you're', 'whether and weather', these one's I get and as long as I'm not tired and posting quickly will normally get right, but I have to admit that 'to and too' always confuses me, I actually have no idea what the difference is and will now have to google it to find out 
Mistakes like the above don't really bother me though, as long as it is not a wall of leet text with no attempt made at paragraphs, punctuation etc.
The op reminds me of a bloke I work with who goes potty if I say the word 'yous', i.e. 'I'm off to the sarnie shop, do yous want anything', he goes on about not being a sheep and how I should learn to speak English
Mistakes like the above don't really bother me though, as long as it is not a wall of leet text with no attempt made at paragraphs, punctuation etc.
The op reminds me of a bloke I work with who goes potty if I say the word 'yous', i.e. 'I'm off to the sarnie shop, do yous want anything', he goes on about not being a sheep and how I should learn to speak English
It's a Peter Kay-ism.
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But spelling errors and writing a different word, yet knows it's wrong and still not change it, that's the difference. Using weather when you meant whether is not a spelling mistake. I might as well say "I red a book last knight."
How can that many people don't know the difference? That i don't understand.
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People who use "are" when they mean "our" .. yes it sounds the same, but the meaning is a bit different 
Also, their and there and they're.. the amount of people that misuse these, are beyond a joke.
Also, their and there and they're.. the amount of people that misuse these, are beyond a joke.
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And why are people accepting it, and even defending it?
This is basic Primary School English. It isn't difficult to know what the word TO and TOO means, and from a young age we know what weather is. When did it get to a point where we gave up and lower our standard? I am sure school taught the right words and grammar, when did people start using a different word all together? Sure, you can say "I am busy, I got a life" etc, but how does it come across? Yes, it is the internet, and yes, at the end of the day, and none of this matters to our life by the time you click outside of this thread.
Anyway, what's the point, we might as well start writing in gibberish.
This is basic Primary School English. It isn't difficult to know what the word TO and TOO means, and from a young age we know what weather is. When did it get to a point where we gave up and lower our standard? I am sure school taught the right words and grammar, when did people start using a different word all together? Sure, you can say "I am busy, I got a life" etc, but how does it come across? Yes, it is the internet, and yes, at the end of the day, and none of this matters to our life by the time you click outside of this thread.
Anyway, what's the point, we might as well start writing in gibberish.
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Completely, lol at this thread, if you are going to make a thread criticising other peoples use of written English at least make sure your own posts are to a high standard.
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Have you not read the thread, this isn't about spelling. This is about using a different word in place of another just because it sounds the same.
People who use "are" when they mean "our" .. yes it sounds the same, but the meaning is a bit different
Also, their and there and they're.. the amount of people that misuse these, are beyond a joke.
I pronounce our the same as I pronounce hour.
I pronounce are like "arrgghhh matey".
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Forum internet writing post could have irony in cause weather like or does not. You like potato do not write sentence in case of other meanings. For you to understand see mans at internet www.engrish.com
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Forum internet writing post could have irony in cause weather like or does not. You like potato do not write sentence in case of other meanings. For you to understand see mans at internet www.engrish.com
Good knight
I'm with the "does it matter if it sounds the same and you can understand what they mean" camp.
My boss, who is a multi millionaire with a very successful business, spells everything as it sounds so he often writes "weather" when he means "whether" and pretty much every other word in his letters has to be changed when the PA types them up.
Anyway, it is a commonly known fact that you don't even need vowels for the human brain to understand what is written.
My boss, who is a multi millionaire with a very successful business, spells everything as it sounds so he often writes "weather" when he means "whether" and pretty much every other word in his letters has to be changed when the PA types them up.
Anyway, it is a commonly known fact that you don't even need vowels for the human brain to understand what is written.
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Gud knight too you to!