orion2145@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 years agoNow no one will ever see all those super long !remindme bot posts set for 5, 10 or 15 years on Redditmessage-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down10
arrow-up1161arrow-down1message-squareNow no one will ever see all those super long !remindme bot posts set for 5, 10 or 15 years on Redditorion2145@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 years agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squarefiftyford@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoMy favorite was the would of/would’ve bot.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoI feel like I haven’t seen a single person use “could of” or “would of” here. The defense on Reddit was always “NOT EVERY1 ENGLISH FIRST LANGUAGE” I don’t have the largest sample size, but I’ve never met someone who makes this mistake whose first language isn’t English.
My favorite was the would of/would’ve bot.
I feel like I haven’t seen a single person use “could of” or “would of” here.
The defense on Reddit was always “NOT EVERY1 ENGLISH FIRST LANGUAGE”
I don’t have the largest sample size, but I’ve never met someone who makes this mistake whose first language isn’t English.