Why can't people type correctly? What ever happend to proper grammar?

Question

Why can't people type correctly when they're online? I can't seriously answer some fool who can't even type a contraction correctly! Can you?

And only two people caught that missing 'e'? Most of you are right on. The rest need to get with it. I can't respect people that type like their mouths are filled with mush. Fingers filled with that stuff too?? try education.

Let's see how many can find the last mistake. Unless of course, 'ur 2 jaded from all dis wak biz'.

Answer 1

Amen

Answer 2

I could not agree with you more. It is laziness and apathy, nothing more. It is the tolerance of less than what we could be, rather than striving to be the best we can be. It's a lot like those who are overweight and proud of it even to the point of criticizing those who are thin & healthy, rather than trying to lose weight when any doctor worth his meat will tell you obesity is a health problem. (I mean, really, how many obese people really have a "thyroid problem?") The same as those who smoke and know it's bad for them but somehow rationalize it.

(I do not mean to attack obese people or smokers personally, just citing these two as examples of less-than-stellar behavior that often-times is not only rationalized but even celebrated, which I think is analogous to the grammar thing. Certainly other examples abound, but I can blab only so much.)

I also don't like excessive abbrevations, like "r u ok?" How hard is it to type out "Are you okay?" Is it really that difficult? And what about emails full of nothing but lowercase letters? Is pressing the SHIFT key really that time-consuming? And how many times do we need to repeat that the proper spelling is "the dog wagged ITS tail" as opposed to "the dog wagged IT'S tail?"

I think it's also a larger part of this "anything goes" culture, the lack of respect for standards. If all forms of sexual activity, promiscuity, decency in refraining from vulgarity, proper manners and dress etc are all "relative" because "what you think is wrong I may think is OK," and so on--if there is nothing sacred in that realm because standards are considered to be something that's "close-minded" or whatever, why should language standards be regarded any differently by the same people?

Answer 3

I know! I'm so glad you asked!! It's very annoying... I noticed the missing 'e' that you intentionally put- good idea! Sad that only a few noticed it, though... anyway, I've always believed in very good language personally. But due to the fact that some people are too shallow or want to be 'cool' (what's so cool about acting brainless), they just type with 'ur' instead of 'your' or 'dat' instead of 'that'. I've always been big on spelling and use the 'check spelling' tool quite a few times. Sure, I'm a perfectionist, but I also want people to see that I'm not too lazy or too shallow enough to just let my grammar go wrong! Like, I'm always careful for spelling, or putting 'i' in capital when referring to me or something. And I think it's much better. It shows a somewhat sign of respect, you know? I mean, if someone sends you, "hey.... ur a girl, right????? dat's cool..... " as an IM message or whatever, does that seem like they have a whole lot (or any) respect for you? No way. So, that's why I always specifically ask on pen-pal sites and such to correspond with someone who uses proper English and language- as in, no swearing- or else there's no point!

Thanks for asking that question (maybe there is hope for 'proper language users' in this world!) and thank you for reading my long answer! :)

Answer 4

Okay, so the irony of the misspelling in your question has already been pointed out. In almost every one of these "What's wrong with everyone's grammar nowadays?" questions there's some sort of spelling or grammar mistake, it seems.

Many English speakers these days believe that people's grammar has somehow deteriorated over time. "Look at all the rules people are breaking," they say. "Our grammar must be getting worse."

However, what they don't know is that many of the "mistakes" that they see were actually part of English grammar BEFORE the rules were created. Most of the grammar rules that you'll find in grammar books were created in the 1700s. They were often created by people who thought that English should be more like Latin. However, English is a Germanic language, not a Romance language, so these rules are often arbitrary and don't fit what people do, nor what people were doing at the time. After all, English speakers were speaking English for hundreds of years before those rules came along. Examples of features that existed in English long before the rules that prohibited them are preposition stranding and double negative, just to name a couple.

In other words, grammar hasn't really gotten any worse. English speakers have simply continued what they have been doing for hundreds of years. If no one's listening to the grammar books, that's the grammar books' problem.

One other warning, but please don't be offended: criticizing someone's language is often a way of expressing tacit prejudice against that person or group. I fear that your criticism of grammar is actually a way for you to lash out at your fellow human beings. I suspect there are a lot more appropriate ways that you could spend your energy.

Answer 5

Hopefully, i would thinking that we do'nt gots the time becuause each and every extra lettar typed is a extra millsec lost. I do'nt know if me can type a cantraction correctly... never went to scholl. At least that did not have an effect on I. I had an ink pen, and that was when i first wrote.

lol...Every word was a grammar mistake or an error. Sometimes people mkae typos because they do not have time to check their grammar. We should be grateful that they at least answer our questions. It is very important to have proper grammar in memos, school work, et cetra, but sometimes there is no reason fro proper grammar.

Answer 6

It went out the door with shorthand and code. I feel bad about the generation that is coming forward, not being able to spell properly. There is NO excuse even if it is for typing quickly. Many people type 60-80 wpm with very little mistakes. If you make one there is always a grammar check or spell check.

Answer 7

I would like to know the answer to that too. Sometimes you can tell by the spelling and grammar that the person who typed just doesn't know how to spell or speak English, but sometimes people do it to look cool. Like when people use "ur" instead of "your." But the most annoying thing to me is the fact that there is a spell check on this thing and it only takes two seconds to do. It's OK if you can't spell, but you're stupid if you don't use spell check to check your spelling.

Answer 8

Everyone has gotten more stupid for having looked at the questions of the uneducated fools on yahoo answers.
This adds up to an experience that's not exactly fun for everyone who is literate. I have to say, it's a headache sometimes to figure out what they are trying to say.

Answer 9

Hey fool - happend is not a word. Learn how to type correctly, when you're writing questions to insult others' typing skills.

Answer 10

Well, my high school english teacher always said that grammer died because the world let it. Most of us grew up using the wrong grammer and it just became considered ok and not a big deal. Also, people are just lazy.

Answer 11

Where have you been? I am so glad to find someone that feels the same way. It makes me so mad that people don't even care enough to write or type correctly.