Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 days agoStat of the daysh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
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minus-squarediegantobass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoAs a non-native speaker of english, I can’t get my head around this grammatical mistake. Than and then are completely different!
minus-squarefaltryka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoThis is a common mistake for many native English speakers and highlights the different challenges in speaking a language and writing a language. In many regions of the US for example, “than” and “then” are often pronounced exactly the same.
minus-squareazertyfun@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoThən məybe Englәsh shəld əwn əp to its dəsrəspəct fər vəwəls.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoIf we’re doing that we should probably just go full runic
As a non-native speaker of english, I can’t get my head around this grammatical mistake. Than and then are completely different!
This is a common mistake for many native English speakers and highlights the different challenges in speaking a language and writing a language.
In many regions of the US for example, “than” and “then” are often pronounced exactly the same.
Thən məybe Englәsh shəld əwn əp to its dəsrəspəct fər vəwəls.
If we’re doing that we should probably just go full runic