• @[email protected]
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    03 days ago

    it’s a problem for natives because they first learnt English by listening and reapeating what they heard, and spoken all those words sound the same. they only saw them written down years later when learning to read and write

    • Ænima
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      02 days ago

      I’d agree if this was regarding children. These are grown ass people who our educational system has royally screwed.

    • @[email protected]
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      03 days ago

      There’s similarities in my native language and people don’t have much trouble with it. And our grammar rules are harder to understand. So it’s more likely because of the education itself.