How come so many people don't know the difference between your and you're? Same goes for Then and Than.

Most of the people who mix these up are English speaking people. If someone like me couldn't tell the difference between them, it'll be acceptable; I don't take English classes, I speak French most of the time, I even forget most English words. I only communicate in English with my Family and the internet.
I can't even tell when to start a new paragraph. I don't live in an English speaking country.

Sometimes I see; your beautiful. I stay home more then I go out. Like wtf?

Is this a new trend?

Also, I've noticed that many people say; It's the internet, bla bla. So what? Believe it or not, your internet grammar affects your RL grammar.

I remember when I was much younger, I used 'ke' for 'que' or 'ki' for 'qui'. I f-cked up in French essays.

I can't believe I typed all that.

I LOVE YOU SANDRA. That's because people are dumb. My God. Then they get anal about my correcting them. It's really not a hard concept to grasp.

P.S. I'm proud of you for posting that long of a topic.

... This is possibly the worst trend I've ever seen.
You're right. The way you present yourself online will gradually affect the way you talk/write in reality, but most people just choose to ignore it.

Thank youuu. You're completely right.

^ But "then" and "than" are a letter off. No one's pressuring you - it should come naturally if you've been taught correctly. Another one that bothers me: their, they're, there.

^ Those too! Seriously. Their not coming? WTF?

so what? YOUR friggin stupid its not like ppl on the internet r gonna change what THEIR doing just to fit ur needs.
cuz if they did THAN i`d be CPL

LoLuMaD?

So what? I won't even give a valid answer to that.

You're irksome. And you smell funny!

On cb I try to correct all my mistakes, but when on chat and stuff I just type whatever. I know the difference between your, you're, then, than but I don't always use it properly in a sentence.

But chat is different. Although I type correctly. But like in the 'cB is hiring' thread! Holy f-ck!

OMG I thought I was the only one who hated that. THANK YOU for posting that. I mean, I've been speaking English for almost four years and I don't mix them up.. Yet my Canadian friends do all the time.

And people online always say, "F off, it's the internet". And I reply, "Fine. Be stupid."

>.<

Congratualtions! You're really stupid!

Well, on cB I'm not all that particular. I don't really reread or anything. But yes, in real life I agree. Sometimes when I visit my dad at work his boss will ask me to correct his grammer and spelling. I'm like wtf? A-I learned this stuff in third grade. You're the head of a pretty big company, so why haven't you learned proper English? And B-Do I look like spell check to you?

Sometimes it's just an honest mistake when you are typing.
Your mind is on other important things and it just slips.
I mean I know i've done that accidently on very important papers for college, and when I proofread I'm like, "oh, whoops, gotta fix that."
On online chat forums i'm less inclined to proof read through things, usually because people aren't as picky about that sort of thing like your english professors are.

It's not exactly hard to remember the difference between "Your" and "You're", but I wouldn't get down on people too much if they slip up. Sometimes it is just an honest mistake, or they didn't know any better. They might have been taught in highschool or middle school most likely, but they probably were passing notes to the cute boy or girl sitting across from them in English class, so they missed that lesson.

If it's an honest mistake, sure. But it's really disturbing when people make it over and over again. And when they're corrected, they're like; it's the internet, get over it.

^ yeah. And sometimes it's actually hard to understand what they mean.

If people understand the difference, why is it so hard for them to distinguish those words? Do they do the mistakes on purpose or something?

EXACTLY. People don't do it once - they do it a billion times. I understand by accident - ONE TIME. But more than that? Then it's not an "honest mistake." Just admit that you're dumb, and that you didn't pay attention in class. I mean, it's honestly saying something if both Sandra and Angelina Taylor (sorry I don't know your name ) AREN'T NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS AND THEY'RE CORRECTING US.

if people really understand the difference, then they ought to be in the habit of doing it correctly, and won't make such mistakes time and time again.

and kathleen makes me happy.

Suzzette! It's not about understanding what you're saying, it's about . . . damnit! It's f-cking stupid, for the love of satan!

Most of you understand leet but does that make it less irksome? NO!

^x2 Yeah, but the people I have in mind ARE from here.


Oh, and Angelina Taylor and Sandra aren't native speakers.

Angelina Taylor and Sandra aren't native english speakers either. They have managed to grasp the concept well enough.

It isn't always a question fo understanding. It is a question of the other person looking foolish. And there is nothing wrong with helping people to learn.

Also, I speak French 95 % of the time, I'm allowed to make that mistake. But 'they' live in America/Another English speaking country! It's NOT acceptable Suzzette.

I'm not perfect in French either but I know the basics.

If you can't tell the difference between 'your' and 'you're' then I'm sorry, you suck.

^ well, did she learn anything from that?

But you have to understand the fact that sometimes it just turns into a bad habit. You know?
Kind of like some people spell weird as "wierd". Some don't know it's wrong, and others do but can't really break it because they have been doing it for so long.
Some people know that saying "your" is wrong in the sentence, but it comes out automatically because they have been using poor grammer for their entire lives and when someone finally bothered to correct them at school or something, it's harder for them to change. What probably will bother them is if they keep making that mistake, and then their peers online make them feel stupid about it. That will cause then to say, "Get over it!" or "Stop being so anal!"
And then some people just honestly slip up every once in a while because they aren't really paying attention.

Don't worry about it.
And you better get used to it, because unfortunately, there always will be atleast one person in the world that doesn't spell it the right way.