I really don't understand why there are so many spelling and grammar errors in posted questions. . . . . are all yahoo answers visitors a little slow?
2007-01-19 02:30:35 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Thanks for your responses. Really was just wondering why there are generally so many very obvious and unnecessary spelling mistakes.
2007-01-19 03:07:36 · update #1
I certainly am not uneducated and unemployed. I own a country club. That aside, I can tell you that the spelling and grammar problem is not relegated to Yahoo. I employ 75 people in season. The employment applications (primarily from the young people) are full of misspellings. It's pretty sad. I don't know how these kids think they are going to get anywhere in the world.
AND...what about spell check? How hard is it to press a button?
2007-01-19 05:03:01 · answer #1 · answered by 14b32bbdog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really. just a little lazy.
nobody's gonna grade your spelling anyway so why waste your time proofreading your posts?
besides, you must remember that yahoo answers is not just for english speaking people. this yahoo service is available all over the globe and a lot of people here are not native english speakers and not good typists.
if you want perfect spelling and grammar, you're in the wrong place. maybe you should go to a Yahoo Grammar and Spelling service, if there is any.
don't be so high minded, people who speak and write bad english are those who know some other languages you may not have heard of.
your correct english is not proof enough that you are smart. you just happened to be english, that's all.
one more thing, if you are really that educated, you should have known howard gardner's research about multiple intelligences. intelligence, according to this harvard research, is not only limited to linguistic and mathematical aptitude. you are judging yahoo answers posters based on their grammar. you don't even know if they're good engineers, musicians, or artists. but i don't have to tell you that, maybe you're too smart to even admit that you're bluffing here.
2007-01-19 03:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having a degree does not automatically mean your smart. It just means that you could afford to go to school and avoid becoming an adult for another four years. Seriously, I have worked for people who have no real world common sense whatsoever. Also, you have asked "are all yahoo answers visitors a little slow?". You are a visitor so I suppose your including yourself. Look, people are lazy and they don't use spell check. That's it, get over it.
2007-01-19 02:55:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree, it makes me a little scared to see how many people have grammar errors. I constantly see there and their being misused and to and too. I know yahoo doesn't check grammar but you would think they would at least use the "check spelling" feature.
I don't know if this is an uneducated issue or they just don't care.
2007-01-19 02:42:01 · answer #4 · answered by pensk8r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people just do not concern themselves with using proper grammer and spelling. My dad always misspells things and his excuse is that he is typing very fast and I can understand the emails anyway and he is a teacher! (of Math thankfully). Not everyone is uneducated and unemployed, some people just don't care. And some people are younger, so they use the internet shorts (which personally drives me nuts).
2007-01-19 03:46:38 · answer #5 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite the opposite!
I've got a degree, and I only tend to go on yahoo answers when I'm bored at work (like right now!)
If I make any spelling errors, it is only because I'm typing something quick before somebody looks over my shoulder
2007-01-19 02:39:37 · answer #6 · answered by <<+ AND +>> 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 20:19:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not
it seems so simple when they also provide a check spelling tab when your writing answers and questions
people should check it out sometime
2007-01-19 02:43:40 · answer #8 · answered by Type O' 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think some of them think it's cool to spell like that... some are mirroring their own speech patterns and some are just plain lazy.
2007-01-19 02:39:40 · answer #9 · answered by fullofsugaw 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because internet is very informal, relaxed environment; People come hear for entertainment value, so dont be so uptight.
2007-01-19 07:12:21 · answer #10 · answered by Its me again 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋