i know that i was able to spell better before the spell check took over the world. i know that sometimes i post with errors, but they are usually so minor that the point still gets across. when i do run the spell check i have noticed that it picks up words that i used to be able to spell correctly. what is with that? is technology making me stupid? does anyone else notice that their spelling skills are declining?
2006-12-21 09:15:10 · 10 answers · asked by mel2430 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I don't konw waht you are tlaknig aoubt... my sellpnig is jsut fnie. But I wluod arege taht we are gtetnig lzay wtih all tihs tcehnolgoy. In fcat... I rfeuse to use the sepll cechk.
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2006-12-21 11:32:24 · answer #1 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't go by Yahoo Answers spell check!
It consistently MISSES misspelled words! And tries to "correct" others which are correctly spelled. Go figure!
My formerly outstanding spelling skills really started to slide when I moved to Belgium where the official languages are Dutch and French. French words are often very similar to English ones with slight spelling differences. Plus I lived in Canada before coming here where we used a lot of British spellings (theatre, honour...for example). So, these days I don't know WHAT I'm spelling!
2006-12-21 09:51:18 · answer #2 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think in this technological (is that spelt correctly) world, I think we have all got a bit lazy, for example I found myself using a calculator for work and just got so used to adding numbers that i actually inputted 2 + 2. Another point is that some spellings of words have actually changed, there seems to be a lot of words where the "z"s are being replaced by "s"s but to answer your original question, Yes I think words seem to be getting harder to spell, maybe its my memory which is really getting....hmmm now whats that word
2006-12-21 09:23:24 · answer #3 · answered by laughinggiraffe2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think spell check just highlights spelling mistakes that would otherwise go unnoticed by both the sender and the reader in a handwritten document. Even though people know how to spell the words, without being super careful, mistakes will happen.
2006-12-21 09:22:42 · answer #4 · answered by Bubba 2010 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SpellCheck has been a slight detriment to my spelling abilities. However, I blame most of the decline on Spanish class. It's hard to keep words like vacillate right when in Spanish the word is vacila (I forget how many 'L's there are supposed to be).
2006-12-21 10:07:41 · answer #5 · answered by Ray H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't. For me what the spell check picks up are typing errors.
2006-12-21 09:18:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
mine so are too. the spell check makes me go faster i think and i tend to mess up a lot more often. its so annoying, although, i still do need spellcheck.
2006-12-21 09:18:17 · answer #7 · answered by I_want_Christmas_Spirit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its like depending on a calculator for simple math. We get lazy and careless.
2006-12-21 10:26:51 · answer #8 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wht ur u talkin bout? I spl jst fine.
2006-12-21 09:38:23 · answer #9 · answered by deerogre 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mine certainly have.
2006-12-21 09:21:34 · answer #10 · answered by jchpp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋