Your, You're & Then, Than Options

[Nymphetamine]

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.

[KissMe2408]

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.

[*I Shot JFK*]

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.

well, why not try to break that habit? That explains it, but doesnt excuse it. Maybe, if people correct them enough, they will FIX IT, rather than complain about being correct. or, at least, that would be the intelligent response.

well, if we correct them all, that wont be true, now will it? unless you have a theory that the universe will implode if everyone gets their grammar right?