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	4 points by apruss 4971 days ago

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It annoys me to no end when people write "your" where it should be "you're". And I'm not a native English speaker.

Me too.

When I first heard of this "your/you're" confusion two years ago, I didn't believe it. Now I see it happening every single day.

same here, non-native, never understood why this is so difficult for people.. just replace it with 'you are' in your mind to see if it works

The most fascinating thing about that whole your / you're confusion thing is:

It mostly happens to native speakers - or so i've observed..

And yes, it also makes me facepalm a little everytime i encounter it (non-native speaker as well..)

"Could of" is even worse. Non-native speaker here, too.

Why would a competent developer want to work on this with a you, a beginner?

To help? A beginner who takes the initiative to start a project and is willing to learn has my full support as a "competent developer".