Why are people SO illiterate? Does anybody read what they write these days? Have you discovered spell check?

Question

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Answer 1

I don't suppose you've realized the irony present in your posting of a question about literacy in the trivia category...

LOL

Answer 2

I've heard the speculation that an illiterate man or woman will by no means attain the level they would have in the event that they started when they had been young, and this seems to keep true for most facets of language. However, it isn't unimaginable that he can be in a position to read good! It can be exceptional you need to help! I just saw a story not too long in the past a few quite ancient man, i feel in his 80s or 90s, who's learning to learn. I should not have a source, however might be you might look that up and see what they are doing with him?

Answer 3

Personally I'm a horrid speller, I always have been. My use of grammar and punctuation is very unsavory. In spite of all of this I am an avid reader and believe that I have an excellent vocabulary. I am about to return to school to take english courses to help improve my command of the english language because I desire to be a writer.

Most peoples education I fear is basic at best. While I wont go as far as calling people illiterate I would say that they are under read or have not had enough experience with reading. If you think about it suggestive spellchecking does not lend itself to people improving their language skills, it only makes them lazy.

As I compose this I am using a small text editor that checks my spelling as I type it. It does not suggest any words for me. This forces me to retype a word over and over again until I get it right helping me to remember it in the future.

I would also think that television and radio helps add to the illiteracy rate. People often prefer to watch or listen to the world rather than read about it. We are one of the few cultures that tends to make fun of people for their intelligence. David Spade put it best when he said, "Don't talk to me, I'm a nerd!"

Answer 4

Everybody isn't illiterate. I grant you, a lot are, though. I think a lot of the mis-spelling in this forum comes from people being in a hurry and not proofing what they say. And a lot of it comes from the popularity of text messaging .... people use stupid abbreviations to save space and time, and those abbreviations tend to creep into their normal writing. I refuse to play that game. I write whole entire words, with proper spelling and punctuation. I would hate for the English language to deteriorate and actually adopt some of those abbreviations......wouldn't you?

Answer 5

Not really. But if I had I would probably discover that "spell check" is one word ie spellcheck. Regardless of this, however, the answer is probably to forget about the "spellcheck" and return to pre-1960s education and educators. This to me is when British education went rapidly downhill, particularly under Harold Wilson's Labour government from 1964. Second-rate establishments then became universities and second-rate lecturers professors. The idiocy has continued, Bah!!

Answer 6

I completely agree with you Auntie Jen. Verbal speech is one thing because you can tell a lot about a person through body language etc., so the speech can be more colloquial without reflecting too poorly on an otherwise well-comported person. BUT, when you communicate using only words, those words are the only thing you have to represent you, and it boggles my mind that a lot of people simply don't care about how they present themselves... ::sigh:: oh well--it's their loss really if they never learn how to write properly when it really matters.

Answer 7

OMG!!!! i no! it tootly ma kes me ntuz!

Seriously, it does drive me CRAZY! If you think a word looks a little wrong or feel that a sentence just isn't flowing well, why should it be too much trouble to double check it? It's especially terrible to leave major errors in blogs and personal emails where readers have to waste time trying to figure out what the heck you're trying to say. The point of writing is to express your thoughts, and if you aren't doing that effectively then what's the point of writing anything at all?

Answer 8

Spell check isnt perfect it does not cont all words, or support various dialects, cultures and subjects ( there are not many it terms in them) plus if lik me people are dyslexic then spell check realy isnt that beneficial especialy choosing between words such as there and hair and hare. Plus since the dawn of sms txt were perhaps more lazy than iliterate.

Answer 9

I think you have a problem, do you just come on here to b*tch and moan about other people and why they dont do this or that to fit you likeings? No one is perfect, not even you obviously, and not everyone had the luxury of finishing school or bothering to fix one or 2 misspelled words for people like you to read!

Answer 10

Your mean! Some people are just born smarter than others and some people just don't need to be perfect all the time who cares anyway. If it bothers you so much stay away from the site and then take a chill pill LOL!!!!

Answer 11

I think that people don't particularly care about good grammar or spelling. If they can get their message across by some form of phonetic shorthand that seems to be good enough for them.

Makes me feel very old fashioned.