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Topic	As a non English native speaker, there is one thing I don't get
Questionmarktarius 09/01/17 11:45:28 AM #4:	Because, language was sound long before it was written. Homophones are indistinct when spoken, and there's some sort of assumption that the same applies to text. That's why effect/affect are consistently misused, why your/you're and their/there/they're are treated as interchangeable, and why nobody seems to know how to spell "segue" or "voila" among others, and why the Grocer's Apostrophe persists. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:885839803] in As a non E... [t:75730641]...</cite> <quote>Because, language was sound long before it was written. Homophones are indistinct when spoken, and there's some sort of assumption that the same applies to text. That's why effect/affect are consistently misused, why your/you're and their/there/they're are treated as interchangeable, and why nobody seems to know how to spell "segue" or "voila" among others, and why the Grocer's Apostrophe persists.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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