Can we start spelling classes on here?

Question

I dont mean to be rude but there are so many spelling mistakes on here, I know people tend to type fast and make mistakes but there are some really obvious ones on here.

Answer 1

How long did you spend checking your question before you posted it so you didn't look daft asking a mispelled question eh?

I agree, some of the spelling & grammar is REALLY bad.

You missed the apostrophe in "don't" by the way ;-)

Answer 2

We have to teach them what the words Check Spelling means as the first spelling class. Then we will have to teach them how to use it. I don't mind spelling mistakes from people where English is the second language (you can usually tell that they are trying) but from people where English is their native language it is totally unreal. Teenagers think that they are being smart with all their mistakes but it is actually hindering them. I would love to see them trying to pass high school with their spelling.

Answer 3

Misspelling irritates me as well.
I have read occasionally about an alledged study, carried out in Germany and demonstrating by sample texts with every word in it misspelled that the text remained still perfectly 'nderstadnable', provided that the basic german synthax was respected.
I personally think that correct synthax is more essential than correct spelling (My mothertongue is German).
However, the sample text I saw did not deal with very complexe matters. It was a text of a complexity comparable to the one of this present text. In addition to this, the misspellings consisted either in lost or in mutually switched letters (sample : swtchd letesr)
However I imagine that in English correct spelling is more important than in German. German has more long words than English. The shorter and more frequent short words in a language, the higher the rate of 'musindertsandngs' caused by misspelling.

Answer 4

I concur - it's a sad sign of the decline in educational standards over the past decade or so. Unfortunately it seems that it's not only spelling that is a problem but a command of the english language per se and punctuation.

Answer 5

i really think that people should check their spellings when typing but then i feel if the one reading can get the message clear then i don't think we should make a big deal out of something so small instead of concentrating on important issues,maybe we should also consider the fact that English is not everyone's first language.

Answer 6

It is very annoying. The occasional typo, fine, but when people are trying to communicate and they are writing some sort of illegible code???? What is the point? Do they not realise that the entire function of written language is to communicate? That txt based code and l33t language does not communicate anything other than, "I AM TOO STUPID TO WRITE"

Rant over, I agree with you.

Answer 7

Is it really so important to you. I would think that it was far more important for people to communicate ideas, feelings, etc than to worry about stupid spelling mistakes!

Answer 8

Cn yu unerstand thiss pasage off txt? Iff yu cn than yu willl reealise thatt nott won singol wurd haz bean spelt correcly butt yu cn stil mak owt wot iss beang pointered owt. Reed fasster, dose itt mak anyee diference?Yu cn usualy decifer wot peeple arre typping withowt dissrupting yur reeding, evven wen theyy gett itt wrongg. Mebbe weere jusst beeng to pedantick. Thing aboot itt.

Answer 9

I agree, there is also spell check on here for anyone who's not confident with spelling, I use it all the while, just in case.

Answer 10

Hey, along with the spelling class can we make a grammar class?