Why do people butcher the English language?

Question

Are they just ignorant?

Is it smart to write unintelligably?

Why all the shortcuts that make the questions so hard to understand?

Why not hit the "Check Spelling" button?

I am a bad speller but I do a spellcheck. so that i dont look like a complete moron.

Sometimes mistakes slip through but I do try.

So did the spell check.
Are you sure that you are correct?

Didn’t mean to but I did say that I am a bad speller but I do try to spell correctly.

Answer 1

The English language (especially American English) has so many weird things about it and "exception to the rule" words and slang and grammatical structure.

It's not as structurally fit or rigid as some other languages. Not as complicated on one hand, but unnecessarily so in others.

I have friends who learn English as a second language and there are just too many weird things about it that they can't pick up.

Answer 2

They "butcher it" because they don't know how to write it the first place. Please copy and paste this.

Is it smart to write unintelligibly?

Why all the shortcuts that make the questions so hard to understand?

Why not hit the "Check Spelling" button?

I am a bad speller but I do a spell check. So that I don’t look like a complete moron.

Sometimes mistakes slip through but I do try.

Answer 3

The problem is not running a spell checker, but actually apply the changes as well. The correct spelling of "unintelligably" is "unintelligibly".

Answer 4

Instant messaging like B4 and that kind of writing you mean? Well, it's easier I guess, I have stopped writing like that because I saw on the news that highschool students are using that kind if writing in their work, which is defineatly over board.

Sometimes I use incorrect grammar, but i try :-)

Also, if I spell something wrong in an email or like in Yahoo answers, I might edit, but it takes too long...

Aka Laziness :D

Answer 5

Answer's Spell Check leaves a lot to be desired
Plough
I think part of it has to do with the language your computer is set at.
Try colour, honour for example. My spell check says they are correct, which they are.

Color, honor, show as being wrong, which you will say is correct

Answer 6

Because they can.

I have problems typing. On a keyboard I am almost dyslexic. Spell check is a godsend. It fails on words that are spelled right but just misused. It often refuses words that are spelled right but are not in its dictionary, and misses words that it just doesn't recognize.
I am Canadian and the differences between Canadian spelling and US spelling can be very annoying.
Plough is not accepted by American spell check, nor is anything with our instead of or as an ending, like colour or humour.
Now, if they could just create a grammar checker, us less than stellar linguists would have it made.

Answer 7

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Cheers.

Answer 8

Why do we have so many ******s abscessed with spell checking.Who reeeeeeeeeally gives a flying(fill in the blank you know you want to) about whether some one can spell or not.

By the way I clicked on it for this answer it came up blank for errors.

Answer 9

i dont mind the short cuts as long as there not to blaitent but the incorect grammer is what bothers me my typeing skills are horrible and i use dial up if idid everything your talking about my answer would be last everytime wen i started to answer this question thee were0 answers i bet this on is pretty far down the list

Answer 10

You spelled "don't" and even "spell check" wrong, and the period after spellcheck should be a comma.