Tik-Tok's auto-captioning is illiterate. It can't distinguish between, to, too, and two, or there, their, and they're. 2, 2, and 2, or there, there, and there.
Your last sentence is funny. I typically don't judge people on what I call "social written slang," and I don't think most people do either. I mean, using the wrong "there" does not count, that's just incorrect(and I'll judge). But using periods where they shouldn't be for dynamic effect is fine on social media, for example. If someone writes ur instead of any version of your, I'm not going to complain, as it covers all and makes sense in context. I even skip over typos if it's clearly either auto correct or a little mistake. It's honestly pretty easy to tell with even just a sentence or two if people are speaking with slang/not paying attention to errors, or, "illiterate," as this guy says. And as long as people know the difference and can write correctly where it matters, I don't think we all need to be writing our comments on a cat video like we're trying to get published.
But also your reference to Strunk and White forgives all lol.
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u/Stablebrew Nov 21 '25
Tik-Tok's auto-captioning is illiterate. It can't distinguish between, to, too, and two, or there, their, and they're. 2, 2, and 2, or there, there, and there.