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[–]Mnemonic 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Grammar and spelling are two different things and it's mostly (if not always) spelling that is affected by typos. An error like 'gooder' is a grammar error but is most certainly not the result from a typo but a mis- or non-understanding of grammar rules.

As English isn't my first language it mostly helps when people point out errors, because sometimes it really messes up the meaning of a sentence. Only when it's used as a argument against [whatever I wrote] I pity the situation for stooping to that level.

Now there are also the phonetic error, as I call them: the There/their you're/your etc. Especially when typing in English it just happens because of muscle memory I guess; "you're and there" are mostly used by me so "their and your" are the two I might just reflex wrong. I also brain-fart sometimes on words like actually: I start typing ex- and then my mind goes blank until I remember what it actually is.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Syntax error.