Correct people's English

[Stefz]

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's when people use "should of" instead of "should've/should have".

Edit: Same with "could of" instead of "could've".

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[Ryummel]

Lose - loose

[ronillon]

"It's" and "its" is by far the most common mistake I see not just on Discovery but on the internet in general. In fact I don't think a day has passed without me seeing someone misspelling it at least once.

I believe this is because non-native english speakers are just ignoring the apostrofe. Maybe because it is not used in their language and they do not see the difference, as they regard it like something similar to comma. Which was my case for a looong time.
Now instead of writing the apostrofe (which is hard, because I would have to switch keyboard layout, as it is not present on Czech keyboard layout) I write "it is" instead of "it's".

should of/would of/could of

First time I see this. I could not find information when to use this, or what does it mean. I suspect it is just gramaticaly incorrect.

"Hi y r u here?"

To be honest, as non-native english speaker, I have no idea what that "sentence" means. Except "Hi" and "here".

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[Karlotta]

This is something that especially eastern Europeans (especially Russian villains in James Bond movies) seem to do: not use pronouns when they should, or use wrong ones. It's probably caused by a similar reason to why native English speakers often find it impossible to use the right "der die das" pronoun in German because it would simply be "the" in English.

An example from here (added the missing words in red):

Without a full understanding of situation it is impossible to make a statement on the matter. You should submit evidence via report so the staff can decide and thus provide a public answer. Your passive approach will not benefit anyone due to how Disco deals with these situation (this situation or these situations).

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Another small mistake (just a matter of being used to the language I guess

I never feel guilty when submitting violation reports as my intention is not to take revenge on someone who might have wronged me but to prevent such behaviour happening upon to others.

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Then another mistake I see often, repeatedly made by the same people:

Whether you did filed a report or not, it is still my fault.
Correct:
Whether you did file a report or not
or
Whether you filed a report or not

Other examples:
I'm looking at something I did not even dreamed of
Correct: I'm looking at something I did not even dream of

I did'nt knew that
Correct: I didn't know that.

In a nutshell, you don't use the past tense when you already used it in "did". Maybe someone can find a better explanation, my grammar comes from my gut and not knowledge of any rules.

The inverse mistake:
He was kill
Correct: He was killed

He was destroy
correct: He was destroyed

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Finally, something I also often do:

Not using contractions when one would in spoken or even written word.
Like saying "I did not know" when most people would say or write "I didn't know" or sound goofy.
I think it may be linked to it being harder to use shift to get the apostrophe than to type out two words on some keyboards?

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[Thunderer]

Without a full understanding of the situation, it is impossible to make a statement on the matter. You should submit the/your evidence via a report so the staff can decide and thus provide a public answer. Your passive approach will not benefit anyone due to how Disco deals with these situation (this situation or these situations).

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[Karlotta]

while I did forget the first "blue the", the second one in front of evidence could be skipped if the author means evidence in general, not "the evidence" in specific. Same for "via a report" vs "via report". "Via report" could mean via reports in general, as opposed to "via a report" meaning the specific evidence via a specific report.

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[Thunderer]

Agreed. The whole grammar depends on the context. English is such an accurate and logical language.

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[Major_Mayhem]

I don't judge ESL people too harshly.

English as Second Language. What does that make me? EFL? I speak english as 4th and, therefore, 3rd foreign language and I don't mind if people point out mistakes I make repeatedly. It is somewhat of a nuisance to have every mistake pointed out, but the ones I keep repeating are probably not accidental.

[SnakThree]

Your a bunch of assholes.

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