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Speakers of non-English languages, what common mistakes do native speakers make that drive you crazy? (infosec.pub)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For example, English speakers commonly mix up your/you're or there/their/they're. I'm curious about similar mistakes in other languages.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm actually with you - building out our plural system would be a satisfying direction for English to go. Unfortunately, I don't see "at fewest" catching on. Maybe I'll try it out a few.

If you look at non-standard dialects of English, it seems like the most natural thing is for the aspect system to grow out as the language evolves further (and unfortunately lose some of it's symmetries).