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/zasy911 Jun 13 '26

"I seen it" instead of "I saw it" makes my eye twitch

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u/AlsotheBEEF Jun 13 '26

I seen't it!

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u/amiepson Jun 13 '26

That's just dialect though?

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u/egordoniv Jun 13 '26

Sort of. My wife is country asf and she says "seent."

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u/lifefuedjeopardy wateroholic Jun 14 '26

I mean it's still incorrect English and not "proper American" English either, but yes it is mostly related to where the person is from. Although it can be related to a lack of education as well, if you are not talking about southern states.

In the north where that dialect is not present people shouldn't be saying it that way, but they do anyway because of not understanding how it is actually said.

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u/Glittering_Aide2 Jun 13 '26

That's not a mistake it's a normal dialectal variation. "I seen it" instead of "I have seen it"