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[โ€“] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

breathe

Not to be rude, this is only an observation as an ESL. Just yesterday, someone wrote "I can't breath". Are these two spellings switching places now? I'm seeing it more often.

[โ€“] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

No, it's just a very common mistake. You're right, it's supposed to be the other way around ("breath" is the noun, "breathe" is the verb.)

English spelling is confusing for native speakers, too.