[Atomic Vomit]

Sure does. To be a writer, a person first has to be a reader. A discerning one. Using homonyms in each others place is a common error these days.
I’m convinced it’s because many people simply are not readers.They are used to a diet of pre-digested pap tickling their ears.
The distinction between words which sound alike but which have very different meanings is completely lost on them.
How baffling some things must be to them. Like children listening to the grownups talk.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Using homonyms in each others place is a common error these days. I’m convinced it’s because many people simply are not readers. They are used to a diet of pre-digested pap tickling their ears."

I suspect spell-check and auto-correct have as much to do with the phenomenon. They make it just as easy to spell the wrong word correctly.

[BfloGuy]

I’m convinced it’s because many people simply are not readers.

I agree. And reading internet posts isn't enough. Ya gotta read books -- lots of them.