The editor in me...

[Ulfgeir]

And there are certain other homonyms (like Their, There, They're), that will often be mixed up. And if they are wrong, the person who is writing is usually a native speaker of (American/simplified) English...

 

[Ryujin]

Has this always been the case, or has it just become something that I've noticed much more over the last few years. Do people in general not understand the difference between the words wary and weary? I know that they kind of look and kind of sound similar... I guess... but they are NOT at all the same word. I'm shocked how mainstream mixing them up has become in the last 5-10 years. I never once saw it before then, now I see it more often than not.

I hear this on the radio and in Youtube videos, but have never seen the error written.

 

[Reynard]

I hear this on the radio and in Youtube videos, but have never seen the error written.

I actually see it regularly enough to wonder if it is on purpose.

 

[MarkB]

I could care less about such examples of rouge word usage. I think I'll just lie down and relax on my chaise lounge.

 

[payn]

 

[Ryujin]

How dare he sully the memory of Erin Moran!

 

[soviet]

I think some of these smelling pistakes might be deliberate

 

[GMMichael]

I do not know about stupider, but I wonder if spellchecking and the near disappearance of copy editing on much online articles has an impact?

You mean like not using the title for your news outlet video on YouTube marked "do not use?" (So that "do not use" is the first part of the title?)

 

[Richards]

How did the editor get inside you...?

Johnathan

 

[Kaodi]

I am weary of being wary.

But should you be wary of letting on that you are weary?