They're going there with their friends.

I am always on the Internet, on Facebook or reading what people post. I'm not a grammar teacher, don't get me wrong, but does anybody else find it annoying when people don't know the difference between words that sound alike but have different meanings ("they're, there, their," "its, it's," "effect, affect," "two, to, too")? For example, somebody posts on the computer something about "There going there with there friends." I think, "Where going where with where friends?...Oh, you mean THEY'RE going THERE with THEIR friends." IT'S like what we learned in elementary school is pointless now!

Is it normal that this bothers me?

Is It Normal?
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  • HEIL GRAMMAR NAZI

    But yeah, that drives me insane. I often irritate people because I rarely let an email go un-proofread.

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  • agree completely, especially when some people use "too"/"to" incorrectly.

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  • does it bother anyone else that posts like this keep popping up over and over and over again?

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  • Woah, ME TOO. I feel the same way about 'your' and 'you're.' It drives me crazy. Haha.

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  • Not everyone is as smart as a fifth grader sadly :(

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  • There's really no reason for you to be bothered so much by that. You should be bothered when you see those errors in formal articles/journal entries posted online but if they're just in YouTube comments, tumblr posts, etc... then it shouldn't be a problem.

    Better remember that English is the universal language and not everyone around the world can speak it fluently. If you see people using the wrong words or committing grammar/spelling errors keep in mind that they could be people whose native language isn't English. It's not nice thinking that what they've learned came to waste just because of those mistakes.

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  • It's funny that the percentage of this "being normal" is so high, but the evidence provided by the entire Internet suggests it would be lower...

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  • I agree. It's not rocket science.

    One of the best examples can be found here:
    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

    The page contains 10 common spelling mistakes as well as examples and sarcastic humor.

    Sadly, if you ever play online RPGs it only gets worse. In those, you get get the people who can't be half-arsed to tell the difference between "they're", "there", and "their" or "you're" and "your" just like you get here. However, there you also get the clowns who think "plz" is an actual word that deserves a reply, especially if they say it 20 times in a row.

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  • Sometimes it's just a common mistake. Calm down.

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  • It's really frustrating, I just can't fathom how some never learned proper grammar, and the texting lingo doesn't really help it either.

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  • Agreed...makes me nuts.

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  • Your title is amazing.

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  • I don't chat too much with such people. I really hate that.

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  • It bothers me too.

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