It's FOR not FIR

[Salimali15]

Since joining MN, I've noticed people writing FIR instead of FOR. I've never seen this anywhere else. How on earth has anyone got to adulthood thinking that this is the correct word? I've never even seen children do this in 10 years of teaching.

It's clearly a typo. I and o are next to each other on the keyboard.

Typo?

I always assumed it was a case of fat fingers, small keyboard?

Have you noticed how the I and O are next to each other on the keyboard...?

In some broad Scottish accents you could make a case for 'fir'

Otoh... it's probably just a typo

Because I and O are next to each other on a keyboard, and if you type quickly on a small screen, and don't proof read carefully, it's an easy typo to make, nothing to do with meaning to put in fir. (Like I've just corrected out for put, I and P being next to each other, and both words being valid in English)

As already said, it's probably a typo most of the time. The rest of the time it's probably autocorrect.

My iPad much prefers fir to for, changes it every bloody time!

It's a typo, my fat fingers do it all the time. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you never use MN on your phone.

I do it too ... And because fir is a word auto correct doesn't pick it up - it's a forgivable typo

Of course it's a typo, but not one I've seen often enough to comment on.

Not helped by the lack of an edit feature.

Oh and no one got to adulthood thinking this is the correct word. Does that help op?

Awaits this face from op -

It's a typo, I do it all the time.

Its a typo, my phone thinks I mean fir when I try to type for. Obviously.