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		JustFinishedBSG on Jan 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why isn't there a universal data format for résumé... Native speakers are the worst at pointing typos in my experience because they are so sure of themselves. Literally every time I have submitted an (academic) paper at least one US reviewer had to point out I made several spelling mistakes when I actually used the British spelling (consistently) instead of the US spelling. Sorry my man but it is called "English", I think I am allowed to spell things like they do in England.

FalconSensei on Jan 17, 2022 [–]

> Native speakers are the worst at pointing typos in my experience because they are so sure of themselves.

Agree. And yet, they are still the ones that mix up "your" and "you're", "then" and "them" and "than"

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