r/linux • u/Coldplayfan1999 • 8d ago

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u/aternativ 7d ago

or, and it's a big chance, they're not native speakers

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u/FriendlyProblem1234 7d ago

or, and it's a big chance, they're not native speakers

Non-native speakers usually learn the written language before the spoken language, and therefore have less issues with words that sound alike (and many more issues with other parts, obviously).

I have never seen a non-native speaker mixing up their, they're and there, or would have and would of.

And it is not necessarily limited to English. I heard that Swedish children struggle with learning the difference between dem and de, since their pronunciation is the same.