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spleeder
It annoys me to no end when people write "your" where it should be "you're". And I'm not a native English speaker.
markyc
same here, non-native, never understood why this is so difficult for people.. just replace it with 'you are' in your mind to see if it works
moepstar
The most fascinating thing about that whole your / you're confusion thing is:

It mostly happens to native speakers - or so i've observed..

And yes, it also makes me facepalm a little everytime i encounter it (non-native speaker as well..)

hudell
Me too.

When I first heard of this "your/you're" confusion two years ago, I didn't believe it. Now I see it happening every single day.

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codeik
"Could of" is even worse. Non-native speaker here, too.
codeik
Why would a competent developer want to work on this with a you, a beginner?
caipre
To help? A beginner who takes the initiative to start a project and is willing to learn has my full support as a "competent developer".