99% of all questions and answers are incorrect. Is this the new standard of the English language?
2007-01-09 12:28:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if a sentence starts with a number, it should be spelled out. Therefore, your post should read, "Ninety-nine percent" not "99%."
I am thrilled that the posts on Yahoo! answers are so awful. I use them for grammar and spelling lessons when I home school my son. It makes us both feel smart.
2007-01-09 12:38:54 · answer #1 · answered by someone's mom 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I try to spell check before I submit or I go back and edit/correct, but sometimes, I am in a hurry while thinking and typing at the same time. I have some typos that I miss. I usually do fairly well, though. Some people just don't care or don't know the difference, I guess.
2007-01-09 21:20:08 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Sweetmusic ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume that you are using hyperbole here. . .
I am always correctly spelling things and making my answers as correct as I feasibly can.
Now, the questioners are often teens who use 'screen' lingo - "IM talk" I suppose one could call it, or "textspeak."
It is a 'bleedin' shame' that this site should be inundated with such drivel, even gibberish, but you and I could do well to ignore such plebiscites, and stick to the intelligent qu.'s and do everyone a favour. Answer the questions anyway, and show how well-written stuff makes more sense and can be attractive and even appealing. You may get 'best answer' as I often have.
Let's do this and raise the level of grammatical correctness and spelling. Singlehandedly we can make a difference. Well, double-handedly I suppose.
Cheers
2007-01-09 20:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A large percentage of the words are sight words They may be spelled partly by phonetics, but there are too many exceptions. A sight word is a word you just remember to pronunce a certain way because you heard it before or were taught to recognize certain letters for a word. That is why a person who does a lot of reading usually can spell better than a person who does not read much.
2007-01-09 20:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could spell correctly, but some people probally just don't take time to think while typing
2007-01-09 20:33:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are a lot of minimally educated people using this site - as you can tell by some of the answers here.
2007-01-09 22:06:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Y/A spell check could be better.
2007-01-09 20:32:39 · answer #7 · answered by edward 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont believe english is a propper noun, therefore shouldnt be capatalized, may i have some French fries
2007-01-09 20:36:33 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No 1 relly gives a crap cus it isnt scool
2007-01-09 20:36:59 · answer #9 · answered by Mysterious 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always try to correct myself as much as I can.
2007-01-09 20:41:29 · answer #10 · answered by lion_tiger182 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋