'Read' and its past tense are spelled the same. How should they be spelled?
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The conjugations can get as weird as English sometimes, though. Case in point: Ser.
"que sera sera" es un ejemplo.
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it's means "it is". It is really not difficult, just pretend you are Data and swear off contractions.
I think the contraction vs possesive thing messes with me, and my brain can never settle on what goes where when, how, or why...
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What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/) (I couldn't find the link to the actual comic)
Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.Where, were, we're. Even native speakers have problems with this. I don't know how many times I had to correct such cases, especially with American authors.
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What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/) (I couldn't find the link to the actual comic)
Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.Reed and Red
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I think the contraction vs possesive thing messes with me, and my brain can never settle on what goes where when, how, or why...
Just try changing it to "it is". If the sentence still makes sense, it's "it's". Otherwise it's "its".
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What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/) (I couldn't find the link to the actual comic)
Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.They should be spelled the way they currently are.
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Reed, red. Homophones should be homographs too.
What dialect of English will we base the new spelling system on?
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Wait until you hear about how we pronounce colonel!
What about parmesan?
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Where, were, we're. Even native speakers have problems with this. I don't know how many times I had to correct such cases, especially with American authors.
Where, were, we’re.
I never had a problem with those, until I started with stuff like Reddit.
Now, I find myself making the mistake and catching it in proofreading.
Guess my brain is starting to age too. -
Me too, thanks!
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That would explain why a pencil, which contains a "lead" (actually a polymer or graphite now) is Bleistift
Some call it differently because it doesn't contain lead anymore but Bleistift is still the common name
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Where, were, we're. Even native speakers have problems with this. I don't know how many times I had to correct such cases, especially with American authors.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I pronounce these all differently though? [wɛɹ], [wəɹ] and [wiɹ]
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Where, were, we're. Even native speakers have problems with this. I don't know how many times I had to correct such cases, especially with American authors.
Pretty much only native speakers have problems with this, I see this type of mistake far less frequently with those who learned English as an additional language.
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Pretty sure the past tense of "lead" is actually "led."
Unless of course you're referring to the type of metal, lead, which I guess the meme isn't clear on.
What's not clear? It's written right there!
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It's because the people who set the rules for the English language, could barely speak it.
The first guy to popularize the printing press was Dutch, so the guy who bought England's first one didn't know how it worked and neither did any English speaker
So he hired a bunch of Dutch who knew how to operate it.
And they got a bunch of handwritten books and were told to mass reproduce them.
Sometimes it was a mistake in the original, sometimes the typesetter made a mistake. Sometimes the writer just disagreed with how it should be written, and sometimes even the typesetters who couldn't speak English made choices to change it
No one gave a fuck about accuracy, it was about pumping out as many books as possible. Because just owning a book was a huge status symbol still from when they were handwritten and crazy expensive.
But all those books eventually got read, and the people who learned to read them were very proud that they could read. So they insisted that all the random bullshit was intentional and had to be followed to a T by everyone forever.
Most other languages had a noble class who kept it sensical, but for a long ass time only peasants spoke English, the wealthy in England all spoke French, cuz they were French.
Anyways, that's why English doesn't make any sense. There was also a natural thing happening where vowel pronunciation was changing. So when the typecasters solidified everything, it was already in a state of flux. That's why pronunciation doesn't line up with spelling.
What I get from this is that if those English idiots had stuck to French, we wouldn't have this mess.
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What I get from this is that if those English idiots had stuck to French, we wouldn't have this mess.
More like if the French royalty hadn't conquered England....
England hasn't been ruled by the English for centuries bro
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Pretty much only native speakers have problems with this, I see this type of mistake far less frequently with those who learned English as an additional language.
Pretty much only native speakers have problems with this
That makes no sense since they would use it more, however native speakers from the US do have problems with it, and other words (they're/their).
Rarely encounter it with others.
Their spelling is embarrassing, same as their very limited vocabulary.
IDK what they do in schools. -
I pronounce these all differently though? [wɛɹ], [wəɹ] and [wiɹ]
Maybe, yes, but as someone who has seen tons of unedited writings, I can tell you those mixup as common as muck.
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What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/) (I couldn't find the link to the actual comic)
Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.wrote last edited by [email protected]Lead and lead as well. I got a lead on those lead undergarments you wanted. I'll lead you there later.
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"que sera sera" es un ejemplo.
How is that weird, as (nearly?) the only regular form of this verb?
