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Speakers of non-English languages, what common mistakes do native speakers make that drive you crazy?

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For example, English speakers commonly mix up your/you’re or there/their/they’re. I’m curious about similar mistakes in other languages.

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alexsup21@iusearchlinux.fyi
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Doesn’t drive me crazy, but in Polish some people don’t know when to use “u” or “ó”, “sz” or “rz”, etc. Ex. “usemka” and “pszejście” instead of “ósemka” and “przejście”.

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