To not understand why people write "carnt"?

[ImJustMadAboutSaffron]

And why it's not understood that it's not a word as such but a contraction of "cannot"? I see it such a lot.

@Itstheprinciple

Where, were, wear are all homophones and are taught as such in schools.

Since when were "where" and "were" homophones?!

@ImJustMadAboutSaffron haha, fair enough, you're right, it's not about necklaces😂 I suppose another reason could typos or autocorrect then! Or even posting after too much wine
I think most people without a learning disability or a low level of education know that carnt is incorrect.
I've taught adults with low levels of literacy (believe it or not, based on my last post) and seen first hand, the levels of frustration, embarrassment and low self esteem that literacy issues can cause so I suppose it hits a nerve.

@PAFMO

Yes you're correct. I was not sitting in the Drawing Room I was, in fact, hanging upside down. Me, being a bat. 🦇

[quote PAFMO]@ImJustMadAboutSaffron

Hilarious. Truly. So, you have form for taking the piss out of people's English on social media?[/quote]
What, like you did upthread with @TwoLeftSocksWithHoles when you corrected their grammar?

@ImJustMadAboutSaffron

It's open season on MN to correct the grammar of someone making a mistake when they've corrected someone else's or are being arrogant about their own SpaG. Didn't you know? Of course, it's the only time it is acceptable, and it's such fun because it's a truth universally acknowledged, that anyone correcting anyone else will make a mistake. It's the law of Muphry. With a pinch of Dunning-Kruger to spice things up.

@Marynotsocontrary, yep. Me usually.

For those genuinely interested in the nuances of English there are some great threads from a few years back. Then it all got rather "point and laugh" which is tedious.

How is it difficult to understand that perhaps some people are not as well educated as you? I hate these threads, smug snobbery under the pretence of lack of understanding. Bore off.

Afternoon, everyone. We're going to move this over to Pedants' Corner, where we think it might sit a little better.

@Zazdar

I see it alot to.

Too

Too

With my accent I use a short a usually, so I don't talk about a barth or the parst or a caffe lartay. I say bath, past, latte.
I have taught that 'can not' and 'cannot' can be shortened by leaving out the 'n' and the 'o', in which case we put an apostrophe instead, giving 'can't'. Are apostrophes taught now? Was there ever a gap in the teaching of apostrophes?
When I speak the word 'can't' it sounds like 'carnt', in spite of my short 'a', because cant is something completely different.

@Zazdar

Too

I believe that people spell CARNT instead of CAN'T because their car is out of fuel.... Hmmms 🤔
#MostAnnoying

Because they are sounding it out phonetically. I'd have thought that was obvious.

Why did you wake up a 3 year old zombie thread?

Because I AM A ZOMBIE 🤣🤣🤣

Not seen this to be honest

Easy to see why people think alot is a word. But carnt is horrendous

It is all too obvious, but on the other hand... maybe they need to learn to spell.

I've got a friend who does that. She also confuses "Their", "They're" and "There". Even worse, so does the same with "To", "Too" and "Too" and "No" and "Know". Shocking, for a 67-year-old.

Yes, the understanding is lacking. I'm guessing this person isn't much of a reader.

I read and write 'can't'. When I say it it sounds like 'carnt'.