This makes learning grammar and spelling confusing!
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The letter "kn" was originally a Saxon sound that was somewhat different than a plain "n." Pseudo is a Greek word starting with the letter psi. Hence, ps. Back in the day, the p was actually pronounced. Same with ph having an f sound (the Greek letter phi) and the odd combination of th making a sound that is neither t nor h (taken from the Greek Theta, the German Thorn, and the German Eth).\n\nAt one point, every element that is now so confusing in English made sense... but then they were thrown together.\n\nBesides, other languages are difficult as well. Why do so many words have gender in other languages?\n\nEdit: rainbow, I was a bit hasty in my explanation. Saxon (that is to say, Anglo-Saxon) used the letter c in place of k, which is a deviation from most other Germanic languages (most of which preserved the very germanic/greek letter "k" over the Latin C). However "knife" is an Anglo-Saxon word (cnif) which is preserved in modern English. The K replaced the C over time, however the morpheme and combination letter itself is still Saxon. Anglo-Saxon, of course, being derived from the Old Germanic language, which is itself an Indo-European lanuage, though the AS version of the word is the more relevant instance for the discussion at hand.
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It's GRAMMAR, not grammer!\nI don't think kids are paying attention in class.\n\nI also think that there are a many people posting to this site who do not speak English as a first language, hence the sometimes incomprehensible posts. Yahoo is an international site, after all.
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I think learning how to spell seems pretty tough.
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I find it frustrating to understand people sometimes.  I wish they would use less shortcuts like b4 and actually spell out the word.\n\nAlso people wHo TyPe LiKe ThIs should be removed immediately!!!
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i knowwww! it doesn't even sound right O_o \n\nmy mistake <== atleast it's correct, grammar-wise!
369606
It's hard to understand your question with all of that excess punctuation in it.
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Maybe you are being a little over sensitive and some people are just mean. As for grammar skills pay attention and you will learn them and you are right not everyone knows everything that is for sure though they certainly like to believe that they do.\n Keep your question short and to the point and check your spelling it won't hurt you. If you are unsure if the word is spelled wrong then put a (sp?) after it. YOU know someone will correct it for you. Good Luck and don't let the pettiness get you down
357453
Becasue English is a messed-up language.
305295
???? confused here. Lears how to type and maybe I'll understand
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I agree with you, but some people are just too lazy or type too fast (and don't realize their mistakes). Unless Yahoo! was to add a spellchecker that checks the spelling of all posts, I don't see these people improving their spelling and grammar.\n\nAlso, there are people on this website that haven't learned correct grammar or spelling (because they are new to the English language).
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don't they teach you kids to spell in school anymore??
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Even the answers here can't get it right. Only one other so far had no spelling mistakes.  I wish I knew what the solution was to this because it bothers me, too.  It is not an earth-shattering problem of life-threatening proportions, but for sure it indicates a lesser degree of pride in our work product, and a greater degree of laziness as he said above.  I don't see it as a time saver, because I can spell correctly just as quickly as incorrectly. As for the crowded classroom argument, I went to a school that had 3 grades to each room with only one teacher, but we worked and we learned and we still know our stuff. *Throw my hands into the air!*
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remedial english 101. yikes!
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get someone else to type the question so it makes sense...\n\nand go here...\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/spelling/
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please .. learn your spellings
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I am so glad someone else mentioned this!  I think it's terrible the way some people spell and the grammar they use. It just makes you wonder:  What did they learn in school?  Spell check works sometimes, but not for everything. A majority of the words that are misspelled are not difficult words, either - just ordinary, everyday words!
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ok you're in a tough predicament. but what you have to do first is LEARN HOW TO SPELL AND WRITE PROPER ENGLISH!!!!!!!!! THEN WORK ON SOME GRAMMAR!!!!!!!!!!