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by jefc1111 797 days ago
Hi, I had a quick look at website and have some feedback in case you want it.

"Faq's" in the top menu does not need the apostrophe and "lets" on the frequently asked questions page needs an apostrophe. So all in all, you don't need to acquire any new apostrophes, you can just move the one you already have in "Faq's" to between the t and the s in the "lets". Result!

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https://youryoure.com/?apostrophe

A great website to learn the basics of the English language

The site lays out plenty of practical examples and I agree that it's useful!

However, this feels a bit edgy or just unkind:

> Getting it wrong makes you look stupid. And ugly.

Oh well.

Yup, it's a bit edgy, but I kind of understand the author. Common mistakes listed on the site plague the whole internet and it's hard not to get emotionally invested once you start to notice how many people just write incorrectly. A very interesting thing from my observations: people that make these mistakes are usually native speakers, foreigners usually lack vocabulary but don't confuse words. May be related to how the language is learned
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Thank you. made an update