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cavyjester t1_itq0pqn wrote

Reply to comment by Fro_o in Are typos supposed to be so common in books? Or am I just ending up getting poorly edited ones? by rabidpiano86

I wonder if “should of” and “could of” might be typos that would stand out even more for someone with English as a second language, since the error has more to do with a lazy mixup of the sound rather than mixup of the meaning? (Not that there’s any excuse for them being in something published.)

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Fro_o t1_itq14lj wrote

That may be so, it's the same when people mix up they're/their, your/you're or too/to. At least I haven't seen them in a book (yet) but come on, homophones aren't that hard.

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cavyjester t1_iu445fd wrote

I must ruefully admit to being someone whose fingers (without direction from any higher brain function) type a random homonym at every opportunity. I’ll catch them all when I carefully proofread, but, since there aren’t enough hours in a day, my emails generally convey the clear impression that I’m a complete illiterate! :)

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