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It’s a *lot* better these days. Here’s how you could use it to improve the English in your comment:
Can you point out and characterise the grammar mistakes in the following sentence, with tips on how the writer could avoid similar mistakes in future - “I must admit its been a while, but all these things where horrible last time i played with them.”
Sure — that sentence has a few grammar issues, each pointing to a common kind of slip. Here’s the breakdown:
“its been a while” → “it’s been a while”
Mistake: “its” is a possessive pronoun (like his, her, their), while “it’s” is the contraction of “it has”.
Fix: Use “it’s” because the writer means “it has been a while”.
Tip: When in doubt, try expanding “it’s” to “it is” or “it has” and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it doesn’t, you probably want “its”.
“where horrible” → “were horrible”
Mistake: “where” (a location) is confused with “were” (past tense of are).
Fix: Use “were” to correctly form the past tense of “to be”.
Tip: Say it aloud—“they were horrible” sounds natural, while “they where horrible” doesn’t. If it’s a verb (they were), you want “were”.
“i played” → “I played”
Mistake: Lowercase “i”.
Fix: Always capitalize “I” when it’s a pronoun referring to oneself.
Tip: This is more about habit than logic—just train yourself to always type “I” in uppercase, even in casual writing.
Full corrected version:
“I must admit it’s been a while, but all these things were horrible last time I played with them.”
And with the exception of the first, commonplace for a long time.
I would also argue the first use is actually a process flaw if implemented. That’s a great way to make sure no one reads emails, and all kinds of information is lost
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Summary, auto-correct, translation, text-to-speech, speech-to-text
I must admit its been a while, but all these things where horrible last time i played with them.
It’s a *lot* better these days. Here’s how you could use it to improve the English in your comment:
Mistake: “its” is a possessive pronoun (like his, her, their), while “it’s” is the contraction of “it has”. Fix: Use “it’s” because the writer means “it has been a while”.
Tip: When in doubt, try expanding “it’s” to “it is” or “it has” and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it doesn’t, you probably want “its”.
Mistake: “where” (a location) is confused with “were” (past tense of are). Fix: Use “were” to correctly form the past tense of “to be”.
Tip: Say it aloud—“they were horrible” sounds natural, while “they where horrible” doesn’t. If it’s a verb (they were), you want “were”.
Mistake: Lowercase “i”. Fix: Always capitalize “I” when it’s a pronoun referring to oneself.
Tip: This is more about habit than logic—just train yourself to always type “I” in uppercase, even in casual writing.
Full corrected version: “I must admit it’s been a while, but all these things were horrible last time I played with them.”
And with the exception of the first, commonplace for a long time.
I would also argue the first use is actually a process flaw if implemented. That’s a great way to make sure no one reads emails, and all kinds of information is lost