Why do so many people confuse "your" and "you're"

rockermcr
Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:22:17 +0000

^ That happens to me sometimes with than/then.

I do a lot of work in French (French school…) and the language has a ridiculous amount of homophones. Usually the difference in meaning between two homophones is so subtle that anyone could easily make a mistake. I had a project a few years ago on Amnesty International, and I went on their French site. Regular people are able to comment on the articles on Amesty’s site. I was reading some of the comments, and the mistakes were terrible, considering most of the people who commented were adults. Now, I know French and English are different languages, but homophone errors could happen to anyone.