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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (6 children)

For the love of fuck, we're using apostrophes to conjugate verbs now too?

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can't even blame this one on autocorrect, we've gone full apostrophe means "here comes an s"

[–] boobs_@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

When a rogue 'see's any enemy who's low on HP after killing two mob's

Fixed the original post's typos

[–] Luccus@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I use the apostrophe whenever I'm too lazy to type the proper letter. Like:

''''' ''''' '''' ''' ''

''''' ''''' ''' ''' ''''

''''' ''''' ''' '''''' ''' '''''' '''

BRO! Language! You kiss your mother with that mouth?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In some languages you use an apostrophe for pluralization in some cases. But even that doesn't make sense for the one in the OP.

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What languages use an apostrophe for plurals?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 3 points 1 month ago

He said language, not dialect. Swamp German doesn't count

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting. From a quick look, seems like it only applies to some borrowed words, nothing native to the language?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Mhm, I can only think of loan words yes.

[–] three@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] x00z@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] three@piefed.social -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

You have to protect your letter's from those dangerou's terminal esse's!

[–] astutemural@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

Hey, give the guy a break, cult leaders aren't known for their grammar.

(Check OP's username)

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Who ever made this it seems like

[–] teft@piefed.social -1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

A lot of people aren’t native speakers and also this is an easy error to make even for native speakers.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

this is an easy error to make even for native speakers.

Really? "See's"?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure non native speakers wouldn't make this mistake.

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

i've heard native speakers are actually more prone to misusing apostrophes because they learned the sounds before writing, while non natives learn both at the same time

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

It's not a mistake native speakers would make unintentionally but I absolutely understand the ESL problems and, full disclosure, still have to remind myself about the rules for possessives.

It looks wrong and the system is wrong I will not apologize for or be bound by the failures of dead dudes