> Must be a native English speaker because they can’t spell for shit.
I’m not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying native English speakers are more prone to misspelling than those that speak it as a second or third language?
I’m not sure I understand your comment. Are you saying native English speakers are more prone to misspelling than those that speak it as a second or third language?
For example, it is not uncommon in the US for native english speakers to confuse the spellings of "loose" and "lose", whereas this kind of confusion is uncommon among say native German speakers who know English as a second language.
There are of course also native speakers with excellent spelling.
What sticks out among native speakers is their inability to properly use to/too, misplaced apostrophes, "The girl’s horse" vs "the girls' horse.", your/you're, it's/its ... this is to me so basic I can't believe the frequency of these errors among natives.
Maybe it has to do with rules being easier to remember by somebody who is forced to make an active effort learning a foreign language as opposed to getting it handed from your environment. I'm not saying that a non-native speakers English is better (that would be preposterous). But most French, Germans, Japanese and Spanish I know do a lot better speaking their language than a native English speaker does theirs.
And it isn't just because of people being "lazy" or that it's hard to type on a phone.
Trump or (Rudy Gulianis) tweets as a prominent example. This is a gross generalization (and Trump of all people shouldn't be used as a standard for anything). But once you start paying attention, poor English among the English is everywhere.
Or my personal (not-)favorite: must have/must of