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The worst is when people type like "ThIs LyK WhAt ArE YoU eVeN dOiNg". It's so counterproductive and it doesn't even look cool, it makes you look like an idiot. Or when people add extra letters when they're texting, like saying "lolll woww how couldd you even doo thattttt". It's just weird and wastes time.

Oh man, the your/you're thing really gets on my nerves when people don't use the correct form. It doesn't even look right, I don't know how they could actually think that's the right way to say it. You're = You are, you can tell by the letters! Oh well, I usually don't correct people on it because then I'll come off as a jerk, but I can't help laughing when someone spells it wrong, especially if it's in an essay.

What are some mistakes that either people learning the language, or even native speakers often make?

Probably French. I'm still learning Spanish, so that will take a while longer, but I'd like to be able to speak French since I have family in French-speaking parts of Canada.

I feel like if I knew more languages than two that I would get confused all the time. I'd be like, "Is this word English? Spanish? French? Maybe it's Portugese...Some day I hope to learn a lot more languages than two though, that would be fantastic.

Yeah, depending on who's speaking. Some people can make anything sound pleasant, and some people sound grumpy all the time. Most native German speakers I've heard do make the language sound aggressive, and some of the words sound to me like someone yelling at another person no matter what it means.

Never made a thread here yet, even though I've been posting for a week or so. Hey guys, native English speaker here learning Spanish and possibly French in the future. Nice to meet you all

I'm a native speaker. I can help out anyone who needs to know anything about English, so fire away if you have questions I like to learn as well as teach so the English board is good for me to hang out in.

It's important. I'm not the type of person to correct a person's grammar but if you're doing it completely wrong, maybe it's good to let them know the correct way. Correcting a person who is learning a language is perfectly fine. They'll likely be glad you did so.

Middle school is usually when they start teaching it to kids in the US. I think it's a good time, because it's when they're starting to mature and are able to understand the grammar rules. Any time between toddler and middle school is going to be hard for them.

Wow, I've never heard some of these. Interesting! Thanks for sharing them

Cool resource. Not my learning style for sure, but I might use it occasionally. Thanks for posting it, though.

Correcting them can get annoying. Don't do it every text, they'll be like "oh my god (or omg ) I'm not gonna text you anymore if you don't stop correcting me" I know that girls especially HATE being wrong, so..

With other students. Spanish is required in middle and high school so we took it in a class with around 20 other students. I liked it because I was able to ask them for help if I needed it, plus we had experience with conversations this way.

Stoned Baked Ripped Tripping Flying All I can think of off the top of my head.