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No matter how many times you go through what you've written, you can still miss the mistakes you've made. Whether there are cracks in your understanding of the language, or your eyes are simply playing a trick on you, they might find a way to slip into the final draft.

The subreddit r/IhadAstroke is a perfect example of how even minor errors can turn simple phrases into confusing or hilarious gibberish. As the name suggests, the stuff that gets featured here is so bad that there must have been something seriously wrong with the author while they were typing!

#1

I Found This On Pintrest 💀

I Found This On Pintrest 💀

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#2

My Brother, Ladies And Gentlemen

My Brother, Ladies And Gentlemen

mertis0420 Report

According to the sister and brother duo Kathy Petras and Ross Petras, who co-authored the book 'You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse,' 11 of the most common grammar mistakes the word experts hear are:

  1. apostrophes (Wrong: We need to get our sale’s numbers up. Right: We need to get our sales numbers up.)
  2. Everyday/every day (Wrong: He starts work everyday at 8 a.m. Right: He starts work every day at 8 a.m.)
  3. I/me (Wrong: The marketing manager told Riley and I to talk with her. Right: The marketing manager told Riley and me to talk with her.)
  4. its/it's (Wrong: The company just celebrated it’s eighth year since it went public. Right: The company just celebrated its eighth year since it went public.)
  5. less/fewer (Wrong: Less than 50 people showed up for the presentation. Right: Fewer than 50 people showed up for the presentation.)
  6. lie/lay (Wrong: I could just lay down and go to sleep. Right: I could just lie down and go to sleep.)
  7. lose/loose (Wrong: If we stay on this track, we can’t loose. Right: If we stay on this track, we can’t lose.)
  8. that/who (Wrong: The people that reach their sales target will get a reward. Right: The people who reach their sales target will get a reward.)
  9. then/than (Wrong: That presentation was better then the first one. Right: That presentation was better than the first one.)
  10. there/their/they're (Wrong: There going to they’re office over their. Right: They’re going to their office over there.)
  11. your/you’re (Wrong: Your my favorite supervisor. Right: You’re my favorite supervisor.)
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#3

Dieing I Brearhn't

Dieing I Brearhn't

Marcel_28 Report

#4

He Day

He Day

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#5

I Custom Ordered This Legend Of A Shirt And I Couldn’t Be Happier

I Custom Ordered This Legend Of A Shirt And I Couldn’t Be Happier

OneGold7 Report

But your reaction to these picture can tell you something about your own nature, too. Linguistics experts from the University of Michigan found that extroverted people are likely to overlook typos and grammatical errors that would cause introverted people to judge the person who makes such errors more negatively.

The researchers invited 83 participants and asked them all to read email responses to an ad for a housemate, which either contained no errors or had been altered to include typos (e.g. "teh" instead of "the") or grammatical mix-ups, such as too/to or it's/its.

#6

Yeah So I Have An Entire Album In My Phone Dedicated To My Mum’s Terrible Texting

Yeah So I Have An Entire Album In My Phone Dedicated To My Mum’s Terrible Texting

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#7

My Dad Did This To Me A While Ago Lmao

My Dad Did This To Me A While Ago Lmao

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#8

Cant Are Gona Do?

Cant Are Gona Do?

Biccboiamin Report

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#9

Honestly Read This For The 5th Time And It Still Don't Make Sense LOL

Honestly Read This For The 5th Time And It Still Don't Make Sense LOL

dollfags Report

Those 83 people then judged the person who'd written the email based on their perceived intelligence, friendliness, and other attributes, such as how good they would be as housemates.

At the end of the experiment, they were also asked whether or not they'd spotted any grammatical errors or typos in the emails, and, if so, how much it had bothered them.

#10

Burger Kink LOL

Burger Kink LOL

GlitchyBroom79 Report

#11

Mothor Is Srtoking

Mothor Is Srtoking

Microwaved_Hampster Report

#12

I Know How To Say This Correctly I Just Don’t Want To

I Know How To Say This Correctly I Just Don’t Want To

Toaster-mann Report

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The researchers then asked the participants to complete a Big Five personality assessment, which determines where they are on a scale of openness, agreeableness, extraversion/introversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness, as well as answer additional questions about their age, background, and attitude towards language.

#13

My Aunt Texted Me... So Confused

My Aunt Texted Me... So Confused

Jaded-Ad6823 Report

#14

Satan Is Pretty Close I Guess

Satan Is Pretty Close I Guess

mamago21 Report

#15

Where Do Babies Come From?

Where Do Babies Come From?

hurtfulscaffold47 Report

#16

Found This In A Youtube Video. Thought It Would Fit Here

Found This In A Youtube Video. Thought It Would Fit Here

Syncroned Report

Overall, everybody rated the fictional housemate applicants with typos and grammatical errors in their emails as worse than those with perfect spelling, but certain personality types judged the typo-riddled applicants harsher than others.

For instance, extroverts were generally much more likely to overlook their mistakes, whereas introverts were more likely to judge the applicants negatively because of them.

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#17

To Be Fair English Is Not Their First Language

To Be Fair English Is Not Their First Language

chimpmoment Report

#18

Shongles

Shongles

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#19

Indeed

Indeed

DDV_Gaming Report

#20

Found On R/Me_irl

Found On R/Me_irl

rvexo Report

People who tested as being more conscientious but less open were more sensitive to typos, while those with less agreeable personalities got more upset by grammatical errors.

"Perhaps because less agreeable people are less tolerant of deviations from convention," the research team said.

#21

Girls Is Can The Therefore Change Is World Brave

Girls Is Can The Therefore Change Is World Brave

BuffMonke Report

#22

If Anyone Knows What This Says Pls Say It

If Anyone Knows What This Says Pls Say It

shadedstyle76 Report

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#23

I'm Eating Babies

I'm Eating Babies

WeebyIntrovert Report

Interestingly, how neurotic someone didn't really affect how they interpreted mistakes.

Yes, the sample size wasn't the biggest and we need to take the results with a grain of salt. However, the results couldn't be explained by people's age or education, which suggests that personality traits were actually playing a role.

And if you want to continue playing the grammar police officer, fire up our first publication on r/IhadAstroke! It also has plenty of inexcusable crimes.

#24

Is That A Warning ?

Is That A Warning ?

Dangerous_Sundae_352 Report

#25

I Managed To Google These Things While I Was High. 😭

I Managed To Google These Things While I Was High. 😭

Imaginary-Day5493 Report

#26

My Amazon Customer Support

My Amazon Customer Support

yoloman0805 Report

#27

Our Local Gym Motivational Quote

Our Local Gym Motivational Quote

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#28

“Hey, Want Some Drugs?” “P I Z Z A” “Will You Marry Me?” “Omg Yes!” “No!!!!!!”

“Hey, Want Some Drugs?” “P I Z Z A” “Will You Marry Me?” “Omg Yes!” “No!!!!!!”

definitelynot_foxy Report

#29

The Iffle Tower

The Iffle Tower

killmetwice1234 Report

#30

A Very Lucky Fortune

A Very Lucky Fortune

reddit.com Report

#31

My Mother At 2 In The Morning

My Mother At 2 In The Morning

Naayyrr Report

#32

We Take For Open Are Out

We Take For Open Are Out

ThisAwkwardPotato Report

#33

Would You Like To Try That Again, Bud?

Would You Like To Try That Again, Bud?

jdaltzz2383 Report

#34

Not Sure What They Were Trying To Do Here

Not Sure What They Were Trying To Do Here

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#35

Eee

Eee

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#36

A Congressional Candidate Has A Stroke On Twitter

A Congressional Candidate Has A Stroke On Twitter

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#37

Supre Bol\

Supre Bol\

Coolio-Mc-Xerto Report

#38

I ‘Member

I ‘Member

MagicWUball Report

#39

Try To Read It

Try To Read It

teodafik Report

#40

My Local Pub. The Stroke Is Strong With This One

My Local Pub. The Stroke Is Strong With This One

Teooooooo Report

#42

When Is He Getting Therapy? Also Not Sure If Its Allowed Of That " 𝐵𝒜𝐿𝐿 " Part

When Is He Getting Therapy? Also Not Sure If Its Allowed Of That " 𝐵𝒜𝐿𝐿 " Part

MarceloRBLX Report

#43

Trans Trans Are Trans Trans

Trans Trans Are Trans Trans

rese_nese_ Report

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#44

Foot Cralp

Foot Cralp

DecapitatorOfChicken Report

#45

What?

What?

CapitanRecs Report

#46

We Love Women

We Love Women

reddit.com Report

#47

I Think My Friend Might Have Gone Through A Stroke

I Think My Friend Might Have Gone Through A Stroke

Ksiisaverybigfatneek Report

#48

Can’t Tell If He Tried To Say “Ur Mum” Or “Them”

Can’t Tell If He Tried To Say “Ur Mum” Or “Them”

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#49

Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V

Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V

Rashtrapateen Report

#50

??????

??????

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Note: this post originally had 70 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.

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