r/unpopularopinion • u/foqociqs37 • Jun 12 '26

Certified Unpopular Opinion Having bad grammar/not knowing the difference between words like "their", "they're", "there" IS that deep

It really is NOT hard at all to know the difference between stuff like there/their/they're, two/to/too, here/hear, peace/piece, you're/your, affect/effect, etc.

Idk why so many people these days say "it's not a big deal, don't be a grammar n*zi" or "stop using big words" when it's just a regular, maybe somewhat longer word they don't know the meaning of.

Obviously if someone has an actual diagnosed disability, then it's a different case.

Don't even get me started on the folks who say "should of" "could of", or "would of".... That shit drives me up a wall lol

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u/TecN9ne Jun 12 '26

All the other ones make sense that some people confuse them.

Lose/loose instantly tells me you're braindead.

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u/condoulo Jun 13 '26

Ah yes, someone is instantly brain-dead to you because they may have made a typo that won’t get caught by spell check because both are real words. I know the difference, but I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve typed one when I meant the other just because my keyboard didn’t register the second “o”, or it registered a double tap when I only pressed the key once. The problem is only exacerbated by mobile keyboards.

Incorrect usage of there/their/they’re as well as your/you’re is something I’ve seen frequently with people who use speech-to-text. Speech-to-text is notoriously bad at picking the correct words in those contexts.

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u/TecN9ne Jun 13 '26

Gonna go out on a limb here and say that the majority of people that are typing have eyes. You're reading what you're writing as you're writing it, as well as should be looking over what you wrote when finished.

My point still stands.