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Speakers of non-English languages, what common mistakes do native speakers make that drive you crazy? (infosec.pub)

submitted 9 months ago by Slinky5737@infosec.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, English speakers commonly mix up your/you're or there/their/they're. I'm curious about similar mistakes in other languages.

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[-] sunbather@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

my go to for remembering which one to use is translating the sentence to english and if "the" or "they" is correct use "de" and if "them" is correct use "dem" (remember by thinking dem = them)

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