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YouTube is so dirty for those ones. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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edit: I swear google has some code that listens to background noise and does this on purpose

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[–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's really fucking not hard to learn the correct usage. You're: you are, your: something belonging to or being part of you. You're isn't a word, it's a contraction of two words. It's so fucking simple to understand when to use any contraction or similar sounding word that there is never an excuse to get it wrong. It's also mostly native English speakers who get it wrong and part of that is the American educational system being one kf the worst in the world.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    Shit like that used to bug me but eventually I realized it was a waste of time getting set off by incorrect word use or spelling. As long as the message isn't ambiguous, who cares? And even when it's on the border, it's often clear enough from the context what they really mean (though can be fun to deliberately misinterpret it).

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago

    It could also be that language evolves with time. If more people use "your", regardless of what the dictionary says than it's correct. I believe there will come a day when you're and your cease to be different.

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