Why is it that in so many of the questions people use the word HALF when they meen to say HAVE? Are people on here really that stupid?
2006-12-06 07:04:11 · 7 answers · asked by DAMON 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I guess i had a spelling error "mean". LOL.
Still not as bad as Half and Have
2006-12-06 08:20:00 · update #1
As fun as Yahoo Answers is, it has made me concerned about the state of education these days. I don't profess to be an expert on the English language. However the depth of the spelling and grammatical errors at times is crazy sometimes. Many of the "questions" aren't even properly formed questions. Sometimes I don't even know what someone is trying to ask. I make a mistake in grammar or spelling once in while, but if you're trying to communicate with people at least learn how to structure a sentence in a HALFway decent manner. Know what I MEEN? ;)
2006-12-06 07:21:11 · answer #1 · answered by J 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The two words sound similar. If you haven't taken a proper English class, or just slept through all the ones you did, then you might not know the difference in spelling. Also many of the people on this site don't speak English that well because they are from other countries. So some people might really be that stupid, but the majority of people are just making an honest mistake.
2006-12-06 15:08:19 · answer #2 · answered by coldfire5418 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that we are talking here about the concept of dividing something into two equal pieces, the word "half" is a noun, adjective or adverb. To discribe the act of dividing something into two equal pieces, a verb is needed, which is this case is "halve".
Since "have" and "halve" SOUND very similar, and "have" is a much more commonly used word than "halve", I suspect that many people use the word "have" without realizing that "halve" is really the word they need to use.
2006-12-06 15:10:38 · answer #3 · answered by ku4a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know! I know the difference and i'm in the 9th grade! Of course my little brother knows the difference and he's in the 3rd grade. Maybe they are just stupid!LOL.
2006-12-06 15:07:33 · answer #4 · answered by valeri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know must be stupidity either that are in a hurry
2006-12-06 15:13:01 · answer #5 · answered by boredgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, don't know, that's two different words with two different meanings, weird.
2006-12-06 15:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by Michelle Lynn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone, somewhere is always stupider than you can believe.
2006-12-06 15:08:57 · answer #7 · answered by Raccoon Joe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋