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Speakers of non-English languages, what common mistakes do native speakers make that drive you crazy? (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 year ago by Slinky5737@infosec.pub to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, English speakers commonly mix up your/you're or there/their/they're. I'm curious about similar mistakes in other languages.

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In many regions it is common to do comparisons with "as" (wie). As in "My dog is bigger as yours" instead of "My dog is bigger than yours".

I’m (re-)learning Yiddish at the moment, and “as (wie)” is a common construction; it’s interesting to see which words and sentence formats are common (between German and Yiddish), and which aren’t. I wonder if that’s where this usage comes from.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice, very interesting find.

Also, I've never been called a Grammar Nazi more elegantly.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I never meant to say or imply that you were and I apologise most humbly if it came through that way. I just thought that it was interesting.