Is it a thing to use His instead of He's?

[boringbelle]

I'm noticing that many posts online are using His when they mean 'he's'. I thought it was a typo at first, but seeing it so often I wonder if people don't know that it's incorrect and are spelling out 'he's' as they say it.

But what I've also noticed is that no one seems to correct it like they do with other grammatical inaccuracies such as 'Your' instead of '

So AIBU to care, as I find it so annoying, especially as I think it's a new error that's creeping in?

Yes I'd agree that this is very much a SE England quirk. Used to grate on me but I've got used to it now.

I'd think that one could just accent based though. They're saying seeing as quickly and it sounds like seen as with dropping the g slightly? If I was speaking quickly it would easily sound like seen

Are when they mean our, e.g. they took are plates!
Aswell, infront, incase, abit.

I often use ‘Am’ instead of ‘I’m’ as a contraction of ‘I am’, when messaging, e.g. before meeting someone - ‘Am at the back of the store’ or to excuse not replying sooner - ‘Am in the middle of doing supper’. I think that’s ok?

Slither for sliver is something I hear a lot said by people in all walks of life. Recent post on my local Facebook was someone who lived in a "coldly sack" (cul de sac).

Yes thank you you're now the third person to point that out! It's almost as if when writing on a phone which uses an autocorrect feature it's easy to make mistakes 😁

This.

It's bad grammar, but it doesn't really matter. I am already has a correct contraction, there's no need to use an incorrect one.

It's not OK . It should be I'm.

It's not a middle class/working class thing 🙄 Or are you suggesting that working class people can't spell? Your friend pointing out your mistakes isn't doing it because she's middle class, she's just being a bit of an arse (and there are plenty of those among all walks of life).

Yes I have a relative that does this and for some reason it irritates the hell out of me !!!

It's the same people who use "prolly" instead of "probably"; that one's been sneaking in more and more recently. I can't work out if it's ironic usage or they genuinely think that's how it's spelt.

Or 'seen' instead of 'saw', eg "I seen him yesterday".

'Been' instead of 'being', too - "I was been friendly".

‘that’s one of he’s favourites’

makes no sense. What are you saying.

It shows a lack of understanding of basic language.
'His' when it should be 'he's' (and vice versa) alongside their/there/they're conflation. The lack of distinguishing between were and where, past and passed, and affect and effect.
I'm not talking about people with dyslexia (and those of my friends who are dyslexic are sticklers for checking they have the right word), but people who are just too lazy or disinterested to think that it is important to communicate clearly.
In informal discussions it's irrelevant, but in any business related communication, it is important to get it right. I once had to explain to the "higj up" secretary (who was transcribing a letter from the MD's dictaphone) that it is "should have" and not "should of".

Nothing will ever beat 'rest bite' but 'coldy sack' is brilliant.

Someone I know insists that 'in particular'/'particularly' is 'imparticular' or 'imparticuly'.

The majority of people on Mumsnet can’t tell the difference between lose and loose.

Same, can’t stand it! It’s everywhere on MN last year or so 🤯

He put he’s socks in he’s draws.

Drives me insane.

@JudgeBread

"...I've had to accept a lot of linguistic quirks"

Like what you did there.

Someone will be along to tell us to reign it in soon

Surely in East London "his" and "he's" are pronounced 'is' and 'e's.
(and a someone born is East London, Dalston to be exact, it's really more like 'is' and 'ees'.
eg " 'ee talks terrible and 'is accent's bad but 'ees a lovely bloke really."
Seeing it written down in mockney shows how confusing it can be...

Some things are not typo's.

"Have bin looking for" instead of "been" used to rackle my bones but having seen it written so much now I'm beginning to think it's a me problem.

When I see this kind of thing on Instagram or other social media videos, I always assume it’s the automatic closed-captioning getting it wrong. I’ve never used it myself so I don’t know if it’s possible to edit them before posting.

Language changes, guys! Otherwise we'd all be talking like Beowulf.

While I am an uber pedant, I do wonder if we're getting hung up on things that people have been doing for centuries, but it's more in our faces now because we see the world and his wife spewing their views forth on social media and showcasing their poor SPAG.