this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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This seems hugely unfair of Duolingo

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[–] Graz@feddit.de 28 points 2 years ago

Just mark it as incorrect, there's an option for that

[–] sdelling@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Misspelling detection in the Spanish course for English speakers is highly hit and miss.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It feels fair to me. Both Ana and Anna have different pronunciations. I can get the question marks, though they don't seem to be marked as errors, just remarks.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, punctuation does not fail you. If it did i would never pass. Lol

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

In the 18th century spelling reform, Anna was shortened to Aña which of course is pronounced differently from Ana. /s

[–] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

If it makes you feel any better, if you translate the Finnish pronoun of hän, to they. Duolingo will fail you because the correct answer is to use ETHER he or she. Which one though doesn't matter and you are free to change it the next time the question comes around.

[–] zepheriths@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean if that was right you still failed to make the statement into a question

[–] authorinthedark 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Duolingo doesn't check for punctuation does it?

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

It checks and let's you know but does not fail you for it.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't get it. Did you misspell the name and didn't mark the question?

[–] player2@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

This is an audio prompt which you must listen to and then type. OP correctly typed the sentence but didn't know how the speaker prefers to spell their name and so it was marked incorrect.