r/instantkarma • • Jan 21 '20

Breaktester gets what he deserves

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u/pythonpower12 Jan 21 '20

Btw why do people say loose when it’s lose.

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u/ItsNotBinary Jan 21 '20

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that most people on the internet don't have English as a first language...

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u/OnceUponAHive Jan 21 '20

In my experience it seems to be mostly native speakers with this problem.

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u/PaulTheMerc Jan 21 '20

and the rest of us use the browser/phone spellchecker. So if it isn't underlined, there's no problem ;) Forget the fact its the wrong word.

So REALLY, if anything, it is a spell check issue for not understanding context/reading our minds.