Spelling on yahooanswers?

Question

Does anyone else notice that like half the people on this thing cant spell for sh*t....like theres a difference between seperate vs. separate but when its a matter of "my girlfreind, he saytits" vs. "my girlfriend, she says its".....i get kind of worried that not many people have actually stepped inside of a school before....

Answer 1

HAHAH this is soo true.

Answer 2

I believe spelling is no longer drilled into people at school as it used to be. Texting has introduced a new spelling that is now invading proper English.

Touch typing has its problems though. I learned to do this about 15 years ago. One hand must react faster than the other, because before I typed that way I never used to get letters switched around. 'Teh' now seems to be a regular occurrence.

There are problems with spell checkers. The one on this site sometimes seems unable to finish when asked to check a long answer. It also has no facility to allow you to change a word if you don't wish to use any of its offered alternatives.

Some people just don't bother to check anything -- whether it's spelling, grammar, punctutation, brackets in mathematical formulae, or even whether a question makes sense.

Answer 3

Lol. I know what you mean:) These are people who are giving advice to people, is spelling correctly too much to ask? Besides which yahoo answers has a spell check, lol. I mean one click of a button and the job is done for them. However in some cases you might want to take into account that while we speak english in a majority of countries these days, the spelling of certain words in australia is different to how it is spelt in the U.S.A :) But you definately make a valid point :)

Answer 4

particular. Or in case you're asking a valid question and that they make exciting of you. final week I asked whether the thesaurus or appendix got here first in a e book. and that they have got been like "open up a e book"! heavily, what's incorrect with human beings. i'm no longer stupid, i'm able to establishing a e book, even regardless of the undeniable fact that it replaced into in basic terms some thing that replaced into on my suggestions, in case you comprehend the respond, its an difficulty-free 2 factors, and if no longer... heavily...circulate someplace else. i comprehend what you advise with the spelling and each little thing. i intend to make a public apology. i'm sorry i won't spell "axillary" ultimate on the 1st time. So in case you go with to call me an fool, circulate forward and accomplish that. All mutually, I completely accept as true with you.

Answer 5

I've noticed that with the more I answer Q's, the lazier I get in using the spell checker and I start the abbrevs a lot more. I was raised to speak the King's English correctly.

Answer 6

Oh, most of the poor spellers have been through school- all right... -They just slept through most of their classes. I'm not a good speller- either, but at least I TRY to make myself understood... The laziness that's taking over from the wonderfull world of text-messaging, may be the REAL culprit to the decay of spelling correctly... :(

Answer 7

Internet chat doesn't help the issue but I don't think schools spend much time on spelling anymore. It's pretty pathetic.

Answer 8

true
but some people just type fast and type mistakes and aren't bothered to check their spelling

Answer 9

lol, that is so0o0o true. All my friends call me a grammar snob. I can't help it though. Dumb people frustrate me (don't they know there's a spell check button?).

Answer 10

very true. Maybe everybody is just so excited about answering a question they forget everything that they have learned.

Answer 11

English isn't the mother tongue of most people here