Americans can't figure out their/there/they're, or...

[Atman]

...your/you're, or two/to/too...

but we all quickly learned how to spell covfefe.

[cwydro]

1. Or my personal fave : it's or its.

Most here don't have a clue.

[Atman]

3. It's true.

I forgot that one, two. Er, to. I mean, too.

[hatrack]

40. Its two hard to no the difference

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That's because there is no other word like covfefe.

It's unique. It can't be confused with any other word.

The most beautiful sound I ever heard:
Covfefe, covfefe, covfefe, covfefe...
All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word . .
Covfefe, covfefe, covfefe, covfefe..
Covfefe!
I've just found a thing called covfefe!
And suddenly that name
Will never be the same
To me.
Covfefe!
I've just said a word called covfefe!
And suddenly I've found
How wonderful a sound
Can be!
Covfefe!
Say it loud and there's music playing,
Say it soft and it's almost like praying.

Covfefe,
I'll never stop saying covfefe!

The most beautiful sound I ever heard.
Covfefe.

[Atman]

4. BWHAHA!

[Iggo]

8. Now I feel pretty.

Thanks.

[rogerashton]

21. To the tune of

Maria, from West Side Story?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Of course. Sing it!

Covfefe, cofveve, cofveve!

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. Or here and hear.

It is getting bad. I keep wondering if these people just haven't been to school or if they just don't check their
Autocorrect.

[cwydro]

10. Yes, when I see "here, here"

it literally makes me cringe.

[MoonRiver]

6. Drives me crazy!

[freddyvh]

7. affect and effect

those are the ones I screw up

[Atman]

9. That one's actually tricky.

There, they're, and their aren't difficult at all. You're and your aren't difficult. But I still find myself looking up affect and effect for proper usage.

[tblue37]

44. I have been told that my short article on the difference between the two words is particulalrly

clear and easy to remember:

http://grammartips.homestead.com/affect.html

[leftstreet]

13. I say fuck it, and use 'impact' instead

I remember learning little jingles and phrases to help me remember the IMPACT of not using affect/effect correctly!

[Atman]

19. That's funny!

I do the same thing. I just find another word.

[3catwoman3]

33. Influence would also work.

I detest "impactful." It just sounds stupid.

Influential would be so much better.

[NCTraveler]

17. As do I. nt.

[brush]

25. Just think verb and noun.

[ProudLib72]

11. Give me a brake

Witch word you spell doesn't decide weather or not someone can reed you're righting.

[Atman]

16. So why have grammar (or language) at all?

Just emojis and grunts, and pointing.

[Orrex]

28. That would be enough to get you elected president, but then what?

[Kleveland]

29. But, without my grammar...

My mom couldn't of had me and my sisters!

Cramps helped two.

[LanternWaste]

32. To better point and laugh at others for amusement and self-esteem

"So why have grammar (or language) at all?"

To better point and laugh I imagine, at others for both amusement and self-esteem; though I'm sure it serves a more relevant and critical purpose for many, many others.

For example, one could point to and laugh at the inaccurate use of noun clauses beginning with the subordinating conjunction (e.g., "Just emojis and grunts, and pointing...&quot .

[Atman]

36. That's Bush-speak.

GHWB, the dad. Just sayin'.

[ProudLib72]

43. That's the justification for bad grammar that my students give

To be fair, early texting language (think back to early 2000s) basically proved that bad grammar and spelling did not damage understanding of content. However, there is a huge difference between texting your friends about when they want to meet after school and writing a doctoral thesis. There is also a huge difference between how your friends and family understand your language and how a complete stranger understands it.

[procon]

12. The bad grammar makes for some really funny, if unintended humor.

And, it must be said, often makes those error filled posts very difficult to read as a translation is needed. For good or ill, I tend to skip a lot of those posts.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. There's the beautiful irony of the phrase "Your an idiot!" that I see so often on the Internets.

Although I'll give them partial credit for "an idiot" over "a idiot."

Last week I saw someone say to someone else that they were "to dumb" and "to stupid".

[hamsterjill]

15. I always screw up "who" and "whom"

I think I was absent that day in elementary school grammar class or something.

[Teacheral]

20. What grinds my gears

Using alot

[hamsterjill]

38. Oh, me too!

I also cannot stand it when people use "a" in front of a word where "an" should be used. It sounds so uneducated!

[Atman]

46. A and an are tricky, too, because of H.

You should use 'an' preceding certain soft vowels or consonants. If the word has a hard first letter, use 'a' (a car, a girl, a letter, etc.) But 'an' gets tricky with breath sounds, usually h. Many h words are neither soft nor hard, so the rule goes by breath. Your nephew is an heir. The trip you made to Washington was a historic event.

Heir is more like a vowel sound, whereas historic has a hard h, more similar to a consonant.

[Doc_Technical]

42. Alot of people say, "alot" alot.

[CincyDem]

18. There's no reason they're avoiding their responsibility...covfefe is just so much fun ! :-) n/t

[cwydro]

22. And people who think it's "tow" the line.

That one irks me too.

[Atman]

26. Well, if the line is hung up in the mud, you have to get it out.

Maybe use a toe rope.

[cwydro]

35. Good point!

Toe rope is gonna be my new thing!

[brush]

24. Results of the repugs plan to destroy public education. Educated people ask too many questions.

[dawg]

27. Your wrong!

[CousinIT]

30. They evidently do not teach English grammar in primary schools anymore.

Once they're all privatized, will they bother then?

[shraby]

31. Here is a couple

desperate, disparate

medal, metal

[3catwoman3]

34. We must put...

...the petal to the medal.

[3catwoman3]

37. One of my favorite things -

Ode To Spell Check

Eye halve a spelling chequer.
It came with my pea see.

It planely marks four my revue,
Miss takes eye can knot sea.

I've run this poem threw it,
And I'm shore your glad two no.

Its wonder full in every weigh.
My chequer tolled mi sow.

[niyad]

39. are/our/hour

[Golden Raisin]

41. Betsy DeVos will fix all. Under her leadership

American Education will be entering a golden age.

[JimGinPA]

45. Here...