A few days ago
I’ve seen (I’m) written as (I\’m) recently, why use this form and what’s its meaning?
So, I’ve graduated some time ago…and up until now I write
I am in text as I’m…yet lately I’ve seen it written as I\’m, why is this form used now, more so on internet sites?
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A few days ago
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I often use that but always by accident. If I want to backspace over a part of a word to make a correction while touch-typing I sometimes hit the “\” key which is just below the ‘backspace” key.
it is so easy for a fast typist to do that I am not surprised it is showing up so often. Think of it as sloppy proof reading, not as a new trend in computerized grammar.
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A few days ago
More than likely, it is a typographical error.
The other possibility is that someone thinks that they are using some sort of text mark-up language (like HTML) where you have to enter a sequence of characters in order to see a special character. I can’t imiagine why they would think you have to do this for an apostraphe — it is usually ised to add accents to vowels.
I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.
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A few days ago
It’s a mistake. The foreward slash is right next to the apostrphe AND the space on the keyboard. It’s just an honest mistake.
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A few days ago
Without the actual context in which it was used, it’s difficult to determine, but superficially, it looks like a typo.
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A few days ago
Perhaps because \ is pretty close to ‘ on the keyboard, so they’re hitting it by accident? I’m not sure, but that’s a possibility.
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A few days ago
the apostrophe button and dash button are right next to each other on the keyboard. easy mistake to hit both…
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A few days ago
maybe someone’s finger is hitting both the keys at the same time??
/ is pretty much underneath the ‘.
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A few days ago
I have no idea. It isn’t grammatically correct.
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A few days ago
probly typos.
i’ve never seen it
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