Hoping it would teach people to spell and punctuate. Some of this stuff looks like pre-schoolers wrote. I'm sure I'll get negative answers from illiterate people.
2007-07-26 03:35:54 · 10 answers · asked by ndnquah 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Teresa, you can read it can't you. I don't mean you have to be perfect!! No wonder you hide your face, whatever you are!!
2007-07-26 06:17:37 · update #1
Before you judge Teresa, go back and look at your questions asked. LOL!!!!
2007-07-26 06:24:24 · update #2
I was in a bad accident and have memory loss and I do this site for therapy. Thank you for all your answers they're all good. I'm glad to know I haven't totally lost it!
2007-07-26 14:27:19 · update #3
I agree completely! It is hard to take someone seriously when they cannot spell or use grammar any better than a child, especially when they are asking a question in the "education and reference" section!
2007-07-26 12:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by tinachick77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are so right. But I'm afraid it will never work, as this is aimed at the widest possible public...and elitism of any kind would affect the number of users to such an extent that it would cease to be one of the most popular places in the virtual reality.
Unfortunately, it may also fail to teach people anything: just do a simple search on how many times a similar Q was posted, and to no effect. I myself answered two similar ones just a couple of minutes ago...
2007-07-26 11:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by ღ♥Goca♥ღ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question: it seems like the bad questions get the most answers and often the most stars lately. The trolls often get 60-70 answers, while the intelligent questions are ignored by the masses. Then those same people wonder why we have so many trolls that can't compose a sentence properly.
2007-07-26 10:39:06 · answer #3 · answered by Steve C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wish all the really stupid questions could be filtered somehow. Maybe an age filter would help greatly.
The grammar doesn't bother me so much. I'm used to seeing people's grammar and spelling being so poor.
2007-07-26 10:42:12 · answer #4 · answered by exqli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the problem stems more from text messaging - everything is abbreviated there. And then they forget how to spell and use punctuation here, I suppose.
2007-07-26 10:44:14 · answer #5 · answered by Blue Oyster Kel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are completely right it seems stupidity is rewarded nowadays. Weird thing is there is a spell checker and people still decide to post their answers
2007-07-26 10:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by somegirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah you probably will. but since you wont be able to read what they write it wont be a big deal... haha
the only problem with your suggestion is that it would require yahoo moderators to do a LOT more work than they already are doing. they would have to screen every question and see if it qualifies.
but that would be cool if we could do it *sigh*
2007-07-26 10:40:14 · answer #7 · answered by Tracey O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering that there are four mistakes in your own entry, such an idea would not be beneficial for you.
Before you judge Teresa, go back and look at your questions asked. LOL!!!!
This one is quite amusing! Who is judging me, I wonder? You say "Before you judge Teresa", so someone must be. That's ok, though. I have nothing to hide and a few hours to play around with before I must leave to go and tutor adults at the ABE.
2007-07-26 13:00:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
Absolutely! A pet peeve of mine!
2007-07-26 10:38:58 · answer #9 · answered by CAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree, sometimes, u can't even tell what the person is trying to ask,
2007-07-26 10:39:10 · answer #10 · answered by music man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋