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Speakers of non-English languages, what common mistakes do native speakers make that drive you crazy? (infosec.pub)

submitted 11 months ago by Slinky5737@infosec.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, English speakers commonly mix up your/you're or there/their/they're. I'm curious about similar mistakes in other languages.

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[–] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Regarding should have and should 'of'; I've always understood it to be should've, which when spoken tends to keep a short vowel sound in the middle of the contraction that makes it phonetically sound like 'of'. Bit of a bone-apple-tea.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Should I continue to persist after I have cut this olive in twain, and one of the portions thereof in twain again, then I’ll live, I’ll have half an olive, and I’ll’ve halved half an olive.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yea it's not even pronounced the same.
I just noticed native speakers confuse those more.
Meanwhile non-native speakers make other kinds of errors more.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I disagree, "should've" and "should of" sound virtually identical when spoken (at least in some regions, can't speak for all pronunciations). I can imagine why a non english native speaker would have trouble with this, though I'm not disagreeing with it being a common issue amongst native speakers as well.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

This is how I've always understood it as well. The two spellings are homophones so it's a pretty easy mistake to make.