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Using an apostrophe in plurals. Don't know why but this one drives me insane.
Also they're/there/their and you're/your
Break/brake
Write one long block of text, no punctuation, capitalization or paragraph breaks.
Maybe it's okay for something short, like texting, but proper grammar and punctuation are kind of necessary for the longer chunks of text.
I personally find your/youβre very tricky for whatever reason.
Like, I know which one Iβm supposed to use, but I occasionally find myself using the wrong one every now and then for some inexplicable reason.
Yes. Especially when typing. Hand writing tends to filter the confusion out more.
Sure, makes sense people can know the difference and make these mistakes because of muscle memory or whatever. The problem I have with it is it's clear many, many people either just don't know or care which one they're supposed to use.
ATM's. CPU's. DVD's.
Everyone knows the real plural is ATM machines.
That hurt my brain, darn you.