• Dr. Coomer@lemmy.world
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    “Hello Jimmy. Before you sits a home-made cake. To your left, there are party-goers, waiting for their cake. To your right, there is a trash can. You can feed the guests the cake, but there is a chance they will get the toenail. If you throw the cake away, you will never be invited to the family gathering ever again. Choose carefully.”

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      Bro forget the cake, you’re not getting invited to a family gathering again because you don’t know the difference between there, their, and they’re.

      Edit: he fixed them! Kudos to the other commenter for explaining it! He is better than me

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        Four chances to get it right and all were wrong. I wouldn’t be so quick to point it out but that was impressive

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          Honestly that’s the only reason I said anything. If would have just been one or two I would have left it alone… But four and otherwise perfect English? Had to be done.

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      Please take a moment:

      They’re - they are (the ’ replaces the space and the a)

      Their - belongs to them

      There - not here

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      On the one hand, I’d get to feed people toenails. On the other hand, I don’t want to go to family gatherings.