I see so many grammatical mistakes by English speaking people. Do you believe that your mother tongue is that language you are the weakest in?

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

Yes.

No.

[OlderAndWiser]

Some people are simply lazy in their use of the language and it is a reflection of their work ethic. I try to be extremely punctilious in my use of the English language, because I do care.

by the way, your question should read: "I see many grammatical mistakes by English speaking people. Do you believe that your mother tongue is the language in which you are the weakest?"

But I usually try not to be a grammar Nazi!

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

I noticed a mistake or two when I was proofreading the question. Bu that was after I posted the question.
But your question seems cleaner than mine.

[OlderAndWiser]

I was actually just trying to show that some of us are competent in our use of the English language.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

Yess! That is what I implied. You are really good.

I meant the confusion between their and there. The distinction seems natural to me, but some are really confused.

[OlderAndWiser]

Some were too busy passing notes to friends in class and not paying attention!

[Marked_Man]

No, it's just that English speaking countries have some of the least educated people on earth.

[SaoirseS]

I think in a lot of cases, they know what is correct but realize getting something "almost right" or getting sloppy with the language is OK on social media. I don't put the blame on the education system, you can teach a kid good grammar and spelling but you can't make him or her use it. I live in an area where some people think it's perfectly fine to say "I seen this guy (doing whatever)." It drives me nuts.

[purplepoppy]

Little grammar correction.

Do you believe that your mother tongue is THE language you are the weakest in?



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[The_Shadow_Dweller]

There is one more error. Find that. I found the errors AFTER I posted the question, while proof reading it. 😂

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

You are British. I, being an Indian, also follow British English.

[purplepoppy]

My language is a mix of Welsh and English so my writing is often the worst of both worlds.

[DizzyDesii]

Do you see it in class/at work or just online? Online or through text shouldn't count because everyone goes into slang speaking mode

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

You have a point.👍💯

[menina]

I'm not a native English speaker. Making mistakes is normal and everybody makes them.

I don't think your native language is your weakest. What happens is that some people don't care about the way they write or they don't read much.

[thatshydork]

English is very tricky because it has about a thousand different rules and about a thousand exceptions to each rule. English is also one of those languages that depends on where you’re coming from. Like for example, British English is different from American English.

[LiamJHayden]

A casual website might not be the best testing ground for formal grammar.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

True. 💯

[Anonymous]

I'm really bad at spelling if I didn't have spell check you would be seeing me write there instead of their.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

Grammarly?

[Opinion Owner]

no, my keyboard has spell check on it.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

Can you name it, please? I want to see that. Maybe I can use it too...

[clampfan101]

People are mostly being lazy.

“If they can figure out what I was trying to say, it’s good enough”, or something like that.

[Jamie05rhs]

It's mostly Americans. Because we have an incredibly poor education system. Low standards and a culture of ignorance.