If you know what I mean, I feel your pain. Is there a time of the day that has a different level of intellectual?
2007-12-25 09:13:35 · 10 answers · asked by Cody Skinwalker 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
According to princeton.edu, an intellectual is a person who uses his or her intellect to work, study, reflect, speculate on, or ask and answer questions with regard to a variety of different ideas.
Therefore, I dare to say we are all intellectuals on Yahoo Answers.
Some of us Yahoo intellectuals know how to spell (or use spell checker) and use grammar correctly, while others, including you, do not.
2007-12-25 10:16:28 · answer #1 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that as a complaint on other blogs. Some people were not and still not being taught phonetics, including a strong foundation in grammar in schools. Currently, the schools emphasis is the computer and they also fore go the arts, humanities, and etc. In addition, we have text messaging, English as a second language, and lawlessness in not using spell check in play. I might add whoever came up the "Political Correct" wording should go bury his head in the sand. Nothing irks me in the English as that does. Okay, now I feel better.
2007-12-25 12:42:50 · answer #2 · answered by Snoot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In today's society, I have noticed that many people seem to use writing on Yahoo Answers as a casual means of communication. It's like casual Friday's at work. Worker's dress and act one way Mon-Thursday and a completely different way on Friday. What a shame because many young kids do not know the difference. To me I would never be caught dead in jeans in a restaurant but many others have no problem doing so. Maybe the pendulum will swing back our way.
2007-12-25 09:33:04 · answer #3 · answered by sharon m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look in the mirror and say POT, KETTLE, BLACK. Your grammar isn't up to par, either.
Your last word should have been "intellect", not intellectual and instead of "that uses" you should use "which uses"
To answer your question, the reason behind such poor grammar and spelling is pure laziness. Too many kids are more interested in games and fun while parents no longer apply priorities of learning for their children. The US is raising a weak generation who believe that getting through life should be easy. The sad part is, they are winning, yet, becoming more stupid by the minute.
2007-12-25 09:25:07 · answer #4 · answered by S H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know, they spend 20 seconds to write a question that will take at least a couple of minutes to respond to, and half the time it's difficult to even figure out what they were asking. It's laziness and disrespect. There's a reason they're called the "entitlement generation".
2007-12-25 09:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by zgsweb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should say "different level of INTELLECT" not intellectual.
The difference - meaning:
INTELLECT - the ability to think logically and understand things.
LOGICAL - using a sound reasoning ( reasoning ability. )
INTELLECTUAL - having a highly developed intelect or having a little more reasoning ability.
Sorry to hear about your PAIN - Sympathy.
2007-12-25 10:27:26 · answer #6 · answered by zemie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is rare to find a question that uses correct grammAr and spelling. Even yours failed that test.
2007-12-25 09:37:47 · answer #7 · answered by professorc 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it would appear that a lot of the people posting questions are pretty lazy - most q's could be answered easily with a 'google' search - so what else would you expect? p.s. it's grammar
2007-12-25 09:25:15 · answer #8 · answered by robsta 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your question has its own sort of poignancy, misspelling "grammAr" as you've done.
2007-12-25 12:51:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're all stupid here buddy. Just ignore us.
2007-12-25 09:21:16 · answer #10 · answered by Puppet Dictator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋