• Dark Arc@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Is it though? It’s almost a pendantic quirk of the written language that things need spelled differently that sound the same.

      Like, we ask know what you mean if you say “I was talking to the Johnsons and there cows ran away. Its total madness in this town lately.”

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      2 years ago

      Why do you care? Why does anyone care? You understand what the person means, that’s the most important thing when communicating. Grammar on the internet is so unimportant, even people who know the difference might not care enough to coerce autocorrect into choosing the right one.