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We all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As in, doesn't matter at all to you.

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[–] simonced@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

            
              Edit:
I misread the topic, it says "in defence of", but for some reason I got it backward.

My answer is about the simple grammar I would lile to see more respected.

I leave my original answer for context.
Anyways instead of Anyway
your instead of you're
their instead or they're
and a couple others...

[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

2 and 3 are horrible though. These completely change the meaning of a sentence :(

[–] simonced@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Thanks for the heads up, I just realize I got the topic backward! That's embarassing... Hence my message has been downvoted lol, now I can see why.

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Edit: I misread the topic, it says "in defence of", but for some reason I got it backward. My answer is about the simple grammar I would lile to see more respected. I leave my original answer for context.

Edit: I misread the topic, it says "in defence of", but for some reason I got it backward.
My answer is about the simple grammar I would lile to see more respected.
I leave my original answer for context.