Why, when there is a spell checker on the "Ask" & "Answer" section, does no-one use them? It drives me nuts (probably because I am an english teacher).
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Either people are lazy or folks just don't care about spelling.\n\nI go back and forth on this one.\n\nOn one hand I feel that if the purpose of language is to express a thought and a misspelled word does so just as well as one that is spelled correctly then no harm is done.\n\nOn the other hand I think that we go through life in modern society being judged on the quality of our work and people will make decisions about us based upon our use of language.\n\nHalf of one, six dozen of the other, I guess.
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Laziness..spell-checker and the internet... Enough said....\nIt's a pet-peave of mine too.. I don't expect perfect grammar, but I at least want to be able to understand what one is saying to me...I'm not a perfectionist, but let's get real...Nobody takes you seriously if you can't tell the difference between to, two and too...Geez! DRIVES ME CRAZY!!
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Right on Cindy!!! I am with you 100%. Misspellings and poor grammar are running rampant here on Yahoo Questions. People, are you listening?
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Hey buddy, that "Check Spelling" button is there for a reason! Why not try again and this time make it understandable, OK? I have absolutely no clue what you are asking about.
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That always happens to me and it pisses me off!! LoL. but by the next time i sign in, my avatar is all good. LoL. I also HATE it when people freek out about spellin somethin wrong. i mean, i ask a reasonable question, and thye gotta answer like "learn proper grammar!!" people are ****** up!! LoL.
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I think that trying to read your "statement" (it's not a question ya know!!!!!), made me have a lot of stress!!!  Did you ever think about using the spell check feature???  It does work and it makes reading your lengthy statement much easier.  Not that it would make much difference, because you just tended to ramble on and on and I had no idea what you were really trying to say or what point you were trying to get across and also because you don't like to use punctuation except the ocassional comma, which didn't really help in making sense of your statement, so before I become depressed from all of this I'm going to "lersine" to my voice and leave.
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Some ppl are just trying to be idiots you click on their face and look through their QA and all of their questions and answers are really stupid. Like, I am a dog trainer, if I had sex with my students would that be wrong? Or questions with 700 misspelled words. You get ten points plus a warm and fuzzy feeling if your answer is selected as best. So by picking a best answer (mine for instance :)} you are giving 10 points.
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Lol u are right it drives me round the bend people have ago at my spelling sometime, but I can't help it coz I'm dyslexic, some peoples first language is English to and there is no spell check there. I dunno how they don't notice that. Sometimes I do type my questions in Microsoft word do a spell check and copy and past it, but sometimes I can't be bothered with that.
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I'm hoping that the answerers are just plain lazy, instead of being the ignoramuses that they appear to be.  I hate trying to read something that looks like it was written by a six year old.  \n\nI will admit that I don't spell perfect or have superb grammar, but I at least take the time to make sense.
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The problem there, some questions cant be read...lol\n\nYes, I read them before answering.
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oh my dear, this is one of my pet peeves on this site. i also find it annoying when people bash other people's grammar and spelling, assuming the asker is an english speaker. they fail to realize that a lot of people here are still learning the language. i guess they feel superior when they pick on these poor people. oh well!
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Know mudder ow heard eye tray, eye juiced canned spall co-rectly. Eye thynk sum-thang iz rong wit me. \n\nI think how someone spells and the grammar they use tells a lot about the individual. Sometimes it actually aides in answering their question. If you really want to answer something for someone, but see that they are having a difficult time even formulating the question or expressing it in a clear and concise manner, you know not to use too complicated of an explanation or to keep your vernacular and verbiage in check as to not confuse them.\n\nBut yes, some of the questions and answers in this place make me wonder if one thousand monkeys are not actually on one thousand typewriters (or computers in this case) trying to write the next great American novel. It is just mind boggling at times how poorly expressed and educated some are. \n\nBut I'm here to help, not to criticize. Unless it is funny.
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Okay - I'll answer your question if you promise to get spell check or learn how to spell.  Right above this box I'm typing in, it says to "check spelling."  There's a reason for that.  It's because I can't understand what you're saying.
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YES I DO.  It's very annoying.  I stop reading questions if they are too poorly worded or in Ebonics.  It's just pitiful to see how poorly people know the English language and grammar.  Never mind the spelling!!!!
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You only found one person????? I have asked that question twice already and corrected many people's questions. It is one of my biggest pet peeves. I don't understand it? It's right there! I get way too excited over this issue. I even correct my husband all the time. It takes two seconds to look over your sentences and correct them. Ridiculous.
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I think it is a combination of the facts that people are in a hurry to get those BEST answers, people that just have poor spelling & grammar skills due to intelligence or language barriers, and flat out laziness.  I am too anal to leave mine unchecked lol.  If I do happen to forget to hit spell check, then notice something is wrong with my post afterwards--I try to go back and fix it.  It makes me nutty to not be able to edit other's posts, to do the same sometimes.  I guess that's why my College Writing professor wanted me to help edit other student's papers lol.
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I agree. Too bad "much less spell, even with spell checking," isn't a complete sentence. The run-on sentence after that should be separated with a semi-colon. "English" should always be capitalized. There are a few other errors on your post as well. \n\nPerhaps, instead of teachers, the fault lays on adults who can not lead by example and type a correct sentence.