Why do so many people use bad English?

Question

No capitals are used.
(especially i) and the
bad spelling.....

Is this not important any more?

Answer 1

The reasons for the improper use of English by so many people could be discovered in the inner properties of the English language. English is a very regular language, with just a few exceptions. That means that the language itself evolved in a way that doesn't ask people to think much about what they are saying. Usually, if something is easy, people tend to respect it more. But unfortunately, this doesn't apply to English, especially American English and, in general, to languages. The more you have to think about what you are saying, the more sophisticated thinking you apply, creating a virtuous circle. If the language doesn't ask you this kind of thought, with life's troubles and worries you tend to forget about most of the grammatical structures, because you wouldn't sound ignorant to other people's ears anyway. This consideration doesn't apply, for instance, to Latin languages or Eastern Asian languages because the simplest grammatical error would put the person in an ignorant condition in front of the audience. The amazing and various use of 'get' in English is a direct symptoms of this fact. People tend to use 'get' pretty much for anything, using less thought and more mouth. The same thing applies to the word 'that', used often instead of the more proper 'this'. So you usually have to choose between a perfectly conjugated phrase, or an grammatically improper sentence that requires less thought, and sadly most of the people tends to choose the latter. All this brings to a unstoppable devolution of the language, since apparently anything is allowed to the speaker. Another reason is that written English doesn't sound like spoken English. This means that people have some kind of self-claimed right to write words in the way they think best, with no consideration for grammar and vocabulary. It's usually accepted to write, for instance, 'Sarahs' instead of 'Sarah's', because it actually sounds the same, and no one ever corrects the mistaken speaker. The deterioration of English started, probably, when people stopped thinking about objects in masculine and feminine ways, making all nouns just neutral. Even if saying that the Sun is male could sound stupid, it was a simple rule that got forgotten in the last centuries. Nonetheless, English rules should be applied all the time and should be used by medias and teachers that, sadly, stopped to teach the best uses in favor of what the society decided. The same rule applies to the forgotten use of the past perfect, like 'has gotten', that, in centuries, turned in an even simple past, like 'got'.

Answer 2

Well, it is my understanding that President Ronald Reagan recognized that the teaching at schools was deficient, especially in english and mathematics, but the situation has only got worse since then. Nobody cares.
In this country the values are seriously damaged. Just consider that the frikking cho purchased a whole arsenal and nobody said anything. They had to do business and earn a profit. What he was going to do with the weapons nobody cared.
So far this is the only country in the world where students go to school with a truckload of guns and kill as many as they can. And it is not an isolated incident. There have been several cases already. This is becoming a habit, a very bad habit, and it doesn't show signs of stoping.
As indicators of a society, the messages we are seeing are VERY dangerous, and the worst thing is that nobody cares.
Since it is not about making money, nobody cares

Answer 3

People don't care as much about language as before. With the onset of technology meaning text messages, IMs, emails and all, the important thing is speed. Capitalizing just makes typing slower. wt r u doin? is deemed more hip and happening then plain old What are you doing?
Besides, many don't learn the language properly. How many times have you seen "their" being used instead of "they're"? Like "Their going to the movies" instead of "They're going to the movies"? They don't understand how abbreviations work anymore.
It irks me to no end and I try not to use bad language too much. (I'm not perfect) But when I correct my friends sometimes, they tell me it doesn't matter because their intended recipient knows what they mean and everyone does it so what's wrong?

Answer 4

I think it is important. Improper spelling and grammar drives me crazy! Unfortunately, as time goes on, more and more people use things like text messaging and e-mail, their English skills get worse and worse. They abbreviate and don't take the time to use proper capitalization and punctuation.

Answer 5

when texting or typing online proper capitalization is not required, but it does annoy the heck out of me when people use bad grammar, and don't spell correctly.

Answer 6

Well for your question, bad grammar, not english. And maybe they were brought up that way, or are learning the language

Answer 7

If you are talking about the way people answer these questions, people are just in a hurry! Proper English is an evolving thing!

Answer 8

of course it's important, if you're writing a thesis, a novel, or a paper to submit to a magazine or something!
people are just spending some time here, what's the need of perfect grammar and those rules... ??

Answer 9

Proper English has been under attack for ages and ages. It still perseveres! Long live English!

Answer 10

Because the days of real education are gone.