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by rpadovani 595 days ago
Because English is not the mother tongue for the majority of the people, and correctors fix typos, but not swapped words, unless you use something like Grammarly.

Pointing out mistakes is fine, being emphatic while doing it would be great

2 comments

Loads of native speakers get the lose/loose thing wrong too.
I read emphatic as empathetic, also proving your point I suppose