Granted not all people on Yahoo Answers are native English speakers, actually the non-native speakers usually have better grammar than the native speakers. Have you also noticed this phenomenon?
2007-05-17 21:30:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
If you read the Q's & A's, you can tell there are no apparant requirements for either grammer nor spelling. I am ashamed of our schools.
2007-05-17 21:39:32 · answer #1 · answered by pennyluhu03 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
fyi,i am a non-native speaker. u c...in our country we were taught to write good english, and we dont really use english to talk.and when it comes to chatting or entering a forum like this, it's a little awkward for us to change our writing habit. while u guys the native speakers are already made use of using broken english while chatting,...... hurm... we can see da difference here...
2007-05-17 21:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by vanilla latte 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, in fact I have. I quite enjoy the howlers, personally - although I do worry that without grammar people will eventually be unable to express themselves clearly. Not that most of us listen, anyway!
2007-05-17 21:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by The Dalai Farmer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ain't that the truth! Perhaps the reason is that "non-native" English speakers have to learn it from scratch. "Native" speakers don't, so become "lazy".
2007-05-17 21:36:40 · answer #4 · answered by Companion Wulf 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
whatchu be talkin bout? i be using gud grammar. i speeelll reelly gud!
lol joking.
nah some ppl just are too lazy to use proper grammer..and some ppl use slang and computer speak. sometimes its just a pain being all proper and such. i mean i could have taken the time out and capitalized the beginning of my sentences and all that....but i just didnt feel like it.
2007-05-17 21:35:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I agree. Maybe I am getting old, but I don't understand half of the questions posted on this site.
2007-05-17 21:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by gastonkitty 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I did noticed that, but the problem is that people are allergic to click on check spelling, or may be they think that they are perfect. Nobody is perfect.
2007-05-18 04:53:04 · answer #7 · answered by nadira456 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of corse nt, me ask in perfect english. Never using bad grammer or wrong spelings.
2007-05-17 21:34:14 · answer #8 · answered by me 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have, and I believe this may be a side-effect of the text messaging age.
2007-05-17 21:33:55 · answer #9 · answered by ffemt6347 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It drives me nuts too. I often find myself wondering what's happening to America's youth. I can DEFINITELY see a "dumbing down" trend.
2007-05-17 22:13:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋