Your is not You’re or You Are
27 01 2008I got e-mail today, its subject started with “Your invited to”.
Come on people! I don’t care about this kind of mistakes in instant messaging conversations, but they rub me the wrong way when I see them in e-mails or blog posts. I know people don’t always proofread (I don’t), but these mistakes are not just typos. I think these are result of people not knowing differences between such words or phrases.
Other examples:
- then ≠ than
- there ≠ their ≠ they’re
- its ≠ it’s
- sail ≠ sale
- to ≠ too
- could have ≠ could of
- …
Another thing I don’t like is when people do not distinguish between “good” and “well”. One is an adverb and the other is an adjective.
Proofread people! Otherwise you look like a fool. At least with blog posts you can edit them and correct the “typos”.
I r is a genius!
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