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ThAn thAn thAaaaaan

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Thispupsgottofly · 12/07/2025 17:36

I swear this didn't use to be such a common error, but I have read so many posts today where people say then when they mean than!
I guess it's because lots of people (including me) pronounce it 'thn'.
Eg. If you say you'd rather stay at home then go to the beach it sounds like you're going to do one after the other!
Aaaaargh!

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AramintaBottersnike · 12/07/2025 17:49

I've just read yet another post in which the OP has written women instead of woman.

@Era I saw "loosing the wheel to live" as well 😂I don't understand what anyone thinks "rest bite" means. They're two separate words with their own definitions and putting them together makes no sense whatsoever. I get that it sounds a bit like respite but do people really not think about what they write?

NeverDropYourMooncup · 12/07/2025 17:46

Era · 12/07/2025 17:41

And another

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Or checking that their original post has full stops or parentheses in the correct place, adequate punctuation and that they have given their connection enough time to upload their response before refreshing and posting it multiple times?

Era · 12/07/2025 17:41

And another

Era · 12/07/2025 17:41

Duplicate

Era · 12/07/2025 17:41

And some people post the same thing four times!

Era · 12/07/2025 17:41

There is a significant amount of poor grammar on MN. I’ve just read another thread where someone has said she is “losing the wheel to live.” (In fact I think she might even have said “loosing the wheel”). Someone else was talking about “rest bite care”.

Some of it is typos and autocorrect but generally many people spend their time reading texts and watching reels rather than reading.

mathanxiety · 12/07/2025 17:40

YANBU.

People never read and apparently don't care about their spoken English.