For those of you who do. Why do you care if some words are mispelled?

Answer 1

This is a very one-sided medium. How you write is the only way that I can “see” you in this electronic format. If we were speaking in person, I could evaluate you on the basis of how you present yourself physically, what your body language says in contrast to your words, and your tone of voice.

The only thing I can tell about you in this medium is what you type. If you don’t check your spelling, I don’t know if you were just absent minded, a non-native English speaker, or just trying to be cute with “creative” spelling.

If you want to present yourself in real life as credible, and competent, you follow the norms for appearance and behavior. For example, if you want a job as an extra in a film playing the part of a gang banger, you should show up on the set dressed like a gang banger. If you’re trying to get a job as a finance officer, it’s probably not a good idea to show up at the bank for the interview dressed as a gang banger. Unfortunately the interviewer may not be able to envision you as a finance officer if you appear to be a gang banger.

If you want to be perceived as credible and competent in the electronic realm, you follow the norms for standard spelling and punctuation. That way those of us who read your questions or answers can “see” you other than someone who is just taking up bandwidth.

Answer 2

It's just a matter of doing everything to the best of your ability. It doesn't take any longer to do it right the first time. Not going back to correct a misspelling, conveys to others, either your lack of education or laziness. Many job applications have been turned down because of misspellings. People lose confidence when they read a work with misspellings. If I were interviewing someone for a job, misspellings on his resume' would indicate his lack of accuracy.
BTW, not being able to spell does not indicate a lack of intelligence, just carelessness.

Answer 3

If their first language is not English I say deliver them a holiday. If it's, and their errors are without problems typos I say deliver them a holiday. If they are making widespread errors I say it is rough to deliver them admire which I consider is not due in the event that they cannot trouble to spell of their local language. Wow, now that I see that during writing, it kind of feels kinda harsh. Some folks are bigger at special matters than others. I can consider of three folks in my household that don't seem to be very well spellers however it does not lead them to any much less clever. I could not do algebra to save lots of my existence, so I say we must all reduce every different a holiday. Especially whilst, as you are saying, they make a legitimate factor.

Answer 4

I care because if you are taking the time to write something, or type something, chances are high that it might be read by someone who you are not familiar with or do not know. If I am reading a report by someone I do not know, I am going to assume the report is not worth my time to read, if the person who wrote it didn't think it was worth the time to correctly spell things. Misspells imply that what you are writing about isn't important enough to do something as simple hit spell check.

Answer 5

I don't really care if I'm writing to my friends or something, but if you misspell words all the time, it just might suggest that you are an uneducated redneck. Try getting a job with an application full of misspelled words.

Answer 6

If it affects the ease with which I am able to understand the question, it is annoying. For example, someone in my class made written reference to "My girls say "Dad moms got the look" and their toddlers." In this case, the misspelled word is 'their'- she meant 'they're'. What she meant was, even though her children are only toddlers, they recognize the 'look' that means trouble. What it looked like was, her children say this, and their toddlers.....their toddlers what? Also say this? Did she forget to finish the sentence? Huh? It isn't worth the time spent to try to figure something like that out.

But since I'm studying to be a kindergarten teacher I am willing to deal with a normal amount of misspelling.

Answer 7

Spelling is something you learn in first grade and expand on for the rest of your life. It doesn't bother me when someone misspells a lengthy or technical word. However, when someone misspells a simple word, you have to wonder about their intelligence. Also, when someone uses words like "their" instead of "they're", it leaves you wondering about their intelligence.

FYI: Misspell
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misspell

Answer 8

you misspelled "mispelled."

haha, i don't personally care that much, since all of us make typos, but if it's a conscious misspelling, i'll correct the person, just so they understand. i mean, if i was spelling a word incorrectly, i'd want somebody to tell me, so i wouldn't repeat the mistake, and make myself look stupid.

and the idiot above me doesn't even know the difference between "your" and "you're," but he still sees himself fit to correct people. haha.

Answer 9

Because not being able to spell indicates a general lack of intelligence on the part of the misspeller. No one is ever going to care what you have to say if you can't spell it correctly, and if it suggests your not really very smart, why should I listen to you anyway.

Answer 10

It makes you look better as a person.