Why is the their/there & your/you're

their their, your gonna be alright, don't worry

Don't let it effect you're day.

Not Kory Stamper wrote:

type of mistake so common. I am sure I am thinking of the correct meaning but tend to make these mistakes in causal print conversations that are not typically proofread like a professional presentation would be.

There must be some reason my(our?) mind lets it happen.

The situation always seems to be there for their and not their for there and your for the contraction for you are.

Can anyone honestly say they never made this type mistake?

insure/ensure

affect/effect

add on

Poor education and lack of care in communication, and lack of respect for one's self and for those with which you're communicating. I'm sure it's similar to the effect that allows people to post run-on and otherwise grammatically horrible sentences, end questions without a question mark, misspell basic words like "casual" and omit words like "of".

This, and most Internet message boards, are informal places, and people generally are pretty relaxed when posting and reading. A few mistakes here and there are fine, we're all human, and this ain't no essay-writing contest. However, there's a line across which it, fairly or not, makes the writer sound really, really dumb, and distracts from the point they are trying to make.

Causal for casual seems to be a legit mechanical typo different from the matter at hand but thanks for the good thoughts.

typographical error

n.

A mistake in printing, typesetting, or typing, especially one caused by striking an incorrect key on a keyboard.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

I'm sure you can rewrite the above sentence following grammatical guidelines but I am undereducated and can not.

Fact.

I do respect my audience and believe I have a healthy amount of self respect. I'm just not 'book learned'.

You've loosed me.

OP, you're affect is intentional.

Simple language doubleplusgood.

Not Kory Stamper wrote:

type of mistake so common. I am sure I am thinking of the correct meaning but tend to make these mistakes in causal print conversations that are not typically proofread like a professional presentation would be.

There must be some reason my(our?) mind lets it happen.

The situation always seems to be there for their and not their for there and your for the contraction for you are.

Can anyone honestly say they never made this type mistake?

insure/ensure

affect/effect

add on

No worries.

Your welcome.

You Are What You Is wrote:

Poor education and lack of care in communication, and lack of respect for one's self and for those with which you're communicating. I'm sure it's similar to the effect that allows people to post run-on and otherwise grammatically horrible sentences, end questions without a question mark, misspell basic words like "casual" and omit words like "of".

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And the use of who instead of whom is more appropriate drives me nuts. I'm sure you agree.

Some people are "visual" learners. They learn words by reading them. Others are "auditory" learners. They learn words by listening to them. It's the second group of people who make this kind of mistake.

Running Formula reader wrote:

Some people are "visual" learners. They learn words by reading them. Others are "auditory" learners. They learn words by listening to them. It's the second group of people who make this kind of mistake.

Sounds reasonable

wiki says

Neil Fleming's VAK/VARK model[edit]

One of the most common and widely used [20] categorizations of the various types of learning styles is Fleming's VARK model (sometimes VAK) which expanded upon earlier Neuro-linguistic programming (VARK) models:[21]

1.visual learners;

2.auditory learners;

3.reading-writing preference learners;

4.kinesthetic learners or tactile learners.[22]

Fleming claimed that visual learners have a preference for seeing (think in pictures; visual aids that represent ideas using methods other than words, such as graphs, charts, diagrams, symbols, etc.). Auditory learners best learn through listening (lectures, discussions, tapes, etc.). Tactile/kinesthetic learners prefer to learn via experience—moving, touching, and doing (active exploration of the world; science projects; experiments, etc.). Its use in instruction allows teachers to prepare classes that address each of these areas. Students can also use the model to identify their preferred learning style and maximize their educational experience by focusing on what benefits them the most

I tend to visualize words and numbers before I write them.

I remember my UK Social Security number that I haven't used since the early 1990s. My Dad's first license plate after I was born was FLG 568B. Our phone number in the early 1970s was 051 704 74680, then changed to 774680.

I can't remember what I did this time yesterday unless I have a picture in my head of it.

It used to be called a photographic memory.

I'm fine with your vs. you're, but I often confuse your with yore.

What about inquiry/enquiry? Is there actually a difference in what the two spellings mean?

I do not know why or how people make these mistakes since I do not make them.

Their vs. there? They're really not that complicated.