this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
896 points (97.3% liked)

Memes

52384 readers
346 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 58008@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When you see someone using an apostrophe to indicate a plural.

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

The apple keyboard sucks, no idea why it happened

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Because you didn’t proofread. Don’t blame technology for your shortcomings.

[No, I’m not an apple fanboy. I just hate the excuse “It happened on its own”]

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

He's right. Always blame your parents.

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

This isn't exactly a formal writing space. I post almost exclusively from my phone. I'm a terrible type on my phone, freely admitted, but I do what I can to correct things. Sometimes it just gets missed, though. I make an effort to edit, but at the end of the day, this is just going to a bunch of dummies on the Internet, not someone who matters to my life. I'll put in exactly what I feel is the appropriate effort.

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sometimes people genuinely don’t know correct syntax. If you’re going to call that a shortcoming, you’re an ignorant walnut. Intellectual superiority is a shitty way to pretend to be better than someone else. It often incorrectly assumes everyone types the same language with the same proficiency which is a very provincial assumption.

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

OP made it very clear in this very thread that they know the difference.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Gboard does it too. I'm fairly certain I use the possessive form of "its" more often than the contraction "it's," but the damn thing sees an s at the end of a word and is like "that's GOTTA be a contraction!"