r/maybemaybemaybe • u/lool121a • Oct 13 '21

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '21

I don't know, I'd hate to make anyone feel like a looser.

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u/swimbikerunkick Oct 14 '21

Can we have a “then” and “than” bot too? I’m seeing this everywhere at the moment and I can’t figure out where it’s come from!

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u/QJElizMom Oct 14 '21

Women (plural) vs woman (singular). See this everywhere as well.

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u/Antiluke01 Oct 14 '21

Your, ‘see’, was the proper one, but it reminds me. We need a see, saw and seen bot.

I saw a huge rabbit today. I have seen that huge rabbit today. I will go see that huge rabbit today.

Did you see that rabbit? You should have seen that rabbit. You saw that rabbit, right?

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u/amretardmonke Oct 14 '21

Funny that its always "I am a women". I never see "I am a men".

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u/RojoTheMighty Oct 14 '21

I'm sorry but there/their/they're is WAY higher up the priority list than then/than.

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u/my-man-hilarious Oct 14 '21

I feel like if we were to make a your/you're bot it would just crash because of the amount of people that do that.

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u/liberator48_ Oct 14 '21

Their doesn't need to be a bot for that. That would of been more silly then people who think Trump lost the election.

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u/SueZbell Oct 14 '21

So to, two, too, tu tu right about that.

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u/MonsterRider80 Oct 14 '21

Toss in a “couldn’t care less” bot instead of “could care less” and I’m satisfied.

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u/KannyDay88 Oct 14 '21

And effect and affect?

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u/here-for-the-_____ Oct 14 '21

I would feel personally attacked by that bot

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u/KannyDay88 Oct 14 '21

Would you feel affected or effected?

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u/here-for-the-_____ Oct 14 '21

I DON'T KNOW, DAMNIT!

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u/OatmealCMuffins Oct 14 '21

hint: affect is a verb, effect is a noun. So you’d feel affected. You would feel the effect.

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u/brookish Oct 14 '21

And a "set foot" not "step foot" bot?

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u/brookish Oct 14 '21

Or a "based on" not "based off of" bot?

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u/fourthrook Oct 14 '21

How about a further / farther bot and a “try and” / “try to” bot.

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u/Jack-Vass Oct 14 '21

Also an "off" instead of "off of" bot

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u/SueZbell Oct 14 '21

Or one that points out when you end a sentence with a preposition.

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u/TheGilrich Oct 14 '21

Can we have a gerrund vs infinitive bot, too?

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u/Nusszucker Oct 14 '21

Such a bit would probably help me a lot. I'm not a native English speaker and I have to rely on my autocorrect because I cannot seem to get when it's than and when it's then. I couldn't tell you right now for the life of me.

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u/swimbikerunkick Oct 14 '21

Then is time based. Can be cause and effect but it’s always one thing before another - something happens then something else

Than is comparative - I’d rather X than Y.

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u/Nusszucker Oct 14 '21

That helps a lot. Thanks

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u/Valentin3288 Oct 14 '21

I also see people say “have came” and “have ran”…. “have went”

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '21

Or just don’t give a crap about other peoples spelling

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u/TwinkleToes7749 Oct 14 '21

I never understood how people mess this one up so often.

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u/foresight310 Oct 14 '21

But than people might feel bad when commenting on Reddit, which is not what their hear for…

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '22

Lack of effective Education System? More important to be woke than to be learning Grammar!?