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?

“Youse”

Drives me nuts

I have never come across this.

I don't get irritated by spelling or grammar errors. I think people do the best they can.

I'm on a Facebook group where several of the members are pretty much illiterate. 'Av' for have, 'no' for know, 'Am' for I am. It makes petty mistakes seen on Mumsnet pale into comparison.

I enjoy books and reading so part of me thinks they are missing out on that pleasure. But mainly I think how limiting it must be for employment and just general admin in life.

No, it's perfectly fine.

They're not trying to spell "I'm", they are missing out the "I".

It's the equivalent of writing a text that says "Will be in the pub by 9."

The poster herself said I often use ‘Am’ instead of ‘I’m’ as a contraction of ‘I am’ so she was using it as a contraction.

No it wouldn’t. He’s and his sound completely different.

To most native English speakers in the UK, yes, but plenty of non-natives would pronounce "his" with a long ee sound. Combine that with a general lack of fluency in English (or someone having a good spoken command of the language but less confidence when writing) and it's easy to see how the confusion arises.

'youse' is scouse vernacular, not a literacy error though. Meaning 'you all'

I think it's quite different from showing your ignorance by not knowing the difference between his and he's, or been and being.

'youse need to come to the party'

Also brought instead of bought
Generally instead of genuinely

And ... pacifically

I think that if you learned grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, spelling and everything that makes up language as a child, it’s ingrained and annoying if used in a way that you aren’t familiar with because of regional accent or whatever.

Sometimes, I think it’s lack of understanding, sometimes lack of knowledge, sometimes an inability to grasp the ‘rules’. Or an unwillingness to do so.

I find most, or all of the examples irritating, but people will and do, argue that, if the meaning is clear, it doesn’t matter. I think it does, but I don’t comment, except very rarely, if it renders the message incomprehensible.

Stop making Chester into an escape goat!

I also have friends in Newcastle, this is common for them

Yes. Both he’s / his and you’re / your are now perfectly acceptable.

So long as you’re an illiterate moron who didn’t go to school.

My three children and sister all have Dyslexia. I'm used to seeing errors and never pick people up on it, as you don't know what reason could be behind it. If I understand the premise of what they are saying, it isn't an issue.

Wander is becoming extinct and being replaced by wonder. Both my younger kids (young adults) do this e.g. We went for a wonder round town.

I know that mixing up 'o' and 'a' sounds isn't a new thing because 40 years ago there was graffiti on my school wall proclaiming 'The Worriers' which always conjured up an image of a rather non-threatening gang!

In my accent? It absolutely does. How can you imagine that you know my accent better than I do?

@Abhannmor 🤣

It's because they're lazy and the apostrophe is on the other page.

Just looked up the etymology of 'Scapegoat ' and it does seem to be a contraction of Escape goat. That's me told!!

I have dyslexia so my spelling and grammar is crap . My phone will often do it for me . I'm not always sure what words to use . I'm not sure if o woukd say I type how I talk . Or would it be I type how I speak. If I'm stressed or feel rushed in my head it will be worse. I try to go over and correct things when I'm on here but not always and I still get it wrong. But my posts are definitely readable.

Whats app I feel rushed don't know why
But my kids all know what I'm saying that's quite a gift they have 😅

Yes, "youse" is quite common regionally and I don't mind it at all in casual conversation. But I've seen it spelt "use" in a text message which made me wince!

@Abhannmor only the goat didn't escape as it was pushed off a cliff - allegedly.

Yes. But the Bible translator thought it was released I think.