Better to try and fail then wonder “what if?” [image]Submitted by the_internet_clown t3_10rnwmk in GetMotivated
mltain t1_j6wo7hv wrote
Than*
carmium t1_j6y5rc5 wrote
Don't mean to be picky, but why do so few people seem to know the difference between then and than? I didn't realize it was epidemic before becoming a Reddit regular.
Plus_Chapter_5511 t1_j6y9lo2 wrote
*Endemic
carmium t1_j6yaysh wrote
Better word. I just thought people used to know, and are somehow getting infected with misuse!
UNFAM1L1AR t1_j6yy85c wrote
It doesn't bother me as much as people that confuse worse and worst. "That car is the worse" ... or even in combinations lmfao "this car is worst then that one"
Worst is superlative, the highest value. Worse is comparative, so almost always goes with THAN... Those cars are always worse than these ones.
I swear it kills me.
BananaParadise t1_j6z0nfs wrote
Also phase vs faze. So many ppl use “this doesn’t phase me” instead of faze smh
UNFAM1L1AR t1_j6z1hsk wrote
Hahah now I will never be able to unsee it
carmium t1_j6zdw1m wrote
Be grateful your brain listens for one malapropism! There are so many out there that I'm always wondering how many people slid through school with Ds because their teachers were too frustrated to insist on decent English.
beeetbeez t1_j6zayei wrote
Id say... multilingual people might have some difficulty....
But also, some idiots don't know how to write even their main language **Comme moi **
DutchEngineer83 t1_j6zdpxt wrote
You meant multilingual right
beeetbeez t1_j6zh8yz wrote
Yes 🥲 thank you
kinglyhoo t1_j70k4qv wrote
Knowing the difference and being immune to typos are two different things
carmium t1_j7105gs wrote
They are. And if a person types "thdn" I'm not going to say a word, because I've done dumber typos than that myself. But when many people born to English don't know the difference between a word for next, consequently, or at a certain time and a comparison term used with words like larger, greener, sleeker, and even dumber, it makes me shake my head.
caerphoto t1_j6ybymm wrote
I mean, “then” works too if it’s about trying, failing, and then wondering “what if I didn’t fail?” 🤔
^but ^it’s ^probably ^just ^illiteracy
jokester4079 t1_j6ytyw2 wrote
That would work with the picture. You have a memory of your failure and not just dreaming of what could have been.
dedicated-pedestrian t1_j6zzdkd wrote
Unless you're a ghost. If that's the case you can die and then wonder what if.
/j
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