To wonder why so many people are misusing the word "brought" lately?

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I've been on MN and other forums for about ten years now. I've never before seen SO many people write "I brought a new top..." or "I went to Tesco and brought one of their kettles." etc...instead of bought.

It's a really hard mistake to make in my opinion!

Brought....bought....totally different!

I would understand if they were shortening the word "bought" but they are actually adding an extra letter!
Baffling.

I haven't seen this one yet. I'll be on the lookout.

I hate it. It's the one, apart from loosing, that really makes my cheeks clench!!

It's because people are fuck wits.

Yes I see it on ffacebook all the time.

The one that irritates me is Kerb. You don't have a dropped curb it's kerb.

been and being gets confused, not just on MN.

Isn't it!? Drives me potty. I always have to bite my lip on threads where it appears....but I suppose this thread has stopped my habitual politeness and means I'm rude for correcting people.

Or does it? After all...I'm not pointing to anyone specific!

You're not being a pedant there at all. It really boils my piss. YANBU

It does set my teeth on edge, but I don't say anything.

The same as people who are 'loosing' weight...

Banana but been and being sound alike in certain accents. Still not an excuse for not noticing they're two different words I suppose!

Maybe it's regional?

I've always heard it in speech from people rahnd 'ere.

I'd assume it was a predictive text error. Easily missed.

Definitely not unreasonable, but then I am a grammar nazi. Facebook sends me round the bend! They're, their and there are three different words!!

A friend of mine posted a photo of her newborn nephew with the caption 'New membr of de family, wll dne to X an Y fr bringin dis bbe in world' But she does butcher the English language anytime she posts anything.

My favourite spelling mistake is "bare" instead of "bear". I always imagine MIL's face when people ask whether they should "grin and bare it" on MN threads...

It's ok I can read these posts as I brung my glasses. That's right init?
#LOL

How many people want to slap me now?

Spoken I often misuse bought but not written, it just looks wrong! Could be autocorrect though.

That's fine, I am a bit of a cunt.

It's not a mistake though, as in a spelling mistake. People who say it say it all the time, surely you would know it didn't make sense, particularly as this has only recently started happening so some of them must have correctly been saying 'bought' for years before swapping it for 'brought'.

They usually are, yes. But I wouldn't be upset if someone thought I was thick based on my inability to use the English language. I'm an adult, I've had access to education, if I can't distinguish between two different words I am either stupid or lazy or both. Or auto correct happened.

And I accept your thinking that!

dons a helmet and waits for someone to mention "Americanism"