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Let me ask to some people if they are able to spell without mistakes or even speak these words:
"Pindamonhangaba", "Itaquaquecetuba", "Jijoca de Jericoacoara", "Sanclerlândia", "Parauapebas", "Cumuruxatiba", "Ananindeua". All of them names of brazilian municipalities. And other from Mexico: "ParangaricutirimÃcuaro".
There, their and they're, as well as your and you're aren't so much misspellings as that's just using the wrong words as those are all different words. For speakers who's native language isn't English, it's understandable but for native English speakers it's inexcusable.
There, their and they're, as well as your and you're aren't so much misspellings as that's just using the wrong words as those are all different words. For speakers who's native language isn't English, it's understandable but for native English speakers it's inexcusable.
LOL for myself..as I do understand the difference between this same sounding word/s....This link kinda of explains it
However..many may not understand when they use a word..spelling of it depends if they use it as an adverb/adjective or combine words ala They are ..which could have been used in text..however..shortened, they're is acceptable as well !!
I recall ways back..the use of to and too (two is obvious as is a #) getting confused as well..To is a preposition or verb depending on when used in a sentence....too is an usually used to express excessive or extra..so If put infront of a word means extra ..as in Too Fast..Too Cold..Too many....yikes..It's not a wonder those who haven't got English as their first language get confused!!
Eyjafjallajökull looks like a top contender, but since this word is rarely used in day to day conversation, had to vote your/you're. Judging by how common the misuse of these words is, it seems like the difference between a word referring to ownership, and a word referring to actions is a pretty hard concept to grasp, even for native English speakers. The misuse of this word, and adding 's on to plural word's (words) is one of my biggest pet peeves.
There, their and they're, as well as your and you're aren't so much misspellings as that's just using the wrong words as those are all different words. For speakers who's native language isn't English, it's understandable but for native English speakers it's inexcusable.
That should be, "whose" native language isn't English.
Actually, I think it may be easier for second-language learners because they encounter the words their, there, and they're in the written form either first, or at the same time as the spoken word. And since they look quite different, they're not that hard to keep apart.
Native English-speakers, however, learn these words as babies. They all sound alike. They then later have to learn to map different spellings onto different meanings of these same-sounding words.
Still, it should be manageable for anyone who's past second or third grade. Just like who's and whose.
Eyjafjallajökull looks like a top contender, but since this word is rarely used in day to day conversation, had to vote your/you're. Judging by how common the misuse of these words is, it seems like the difference between a word referring to ownership, and a word referring to actions is a pretty hard concept to grasp, even for native English speakers. The misuse of this word, and adding 's on to plural word's (words) is one of my biggest pet peeves.
In English, in addition to the classic to/too/two, your/you're, there/their/they're, I also see increasing misuse of words like America/American. I don't know if autocorrect can be blamed for this, but I see posters writing things along the lines of "American is a melting pot" or "American is a vast country" when it should be America in both instances
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Wow. Didn't know that.
