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Originally Posted by dy156
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their/they're/there
its/it's
two/too/to
are harped on in elementary and middle school alot more. Americans also overuse I when they should use me because their early grammer teachers pounded it into their heads.
then/than, like that/which wasn't a big deal, at least not in my grammer education, that's why I didn't know the difference until later in life.
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I agree, seems like my teachers in younger school tried to pound the correct their... its... and to... variations into our heads and just didn't care as much about then/than. I'm sure they marked it if it was incorrect, but they just considered the others more of a priority. And then again North Carolina doesn't exactly have the best public school system in the country and we pronounce them roughly similar anyway, so take that as what you will.