How come the majority of posters here fail to CAPITALIZE the first letter of the sentence?
151997
Well, we Americans are often criticized for being lazy. To make a capital letter, you need to press the "shift" key. Since most people like to get things done the quickest, easiest way, they don't want to spend that extra millisecond (sp?) pressing that key. Hey, we're living in fast paced society! Just a guess. P.S. It drives me nuts when people do stuff like that too!
1125950
I assume you are referring to MS Word's default setting that capitalizes the first word of every line whether you like it or not. If that's your problem, here's the fix: click on <tools> <autocorrect options> <autocorrect> now,  uncheck the box in front of <Capitalize first letter of sentences>  This should put you back in control of your own capitalization. Good luck.
715293
yeah. the only thing i don't know is capitalize. that's mainly because i'm lazy also!!
498236
Yes, and considering the way 90% of the people on here have no idea how to spell basic words, let alone how to use it. I only wish there was a grammar check also.
307914
What about the lack of capitalization?
121370
SERIOUSLY... PEOPLE WHO USE LOWER CASE LETTERS FOR VOWELS... NO KIDDING
368631
Why don't people know how to use a spell checker?
169152
Some get too damn lazy to spell correctly and/or to type in complete words. \nSome are just that dumb and don't want to learn.\nSome of these people's primary language is not english... like me, yet, I know how to spell and I know the differences between your, you're, they're, their, its, it's, etc. AND, it's a pet peeve to see how many people missuse (sp?) those.\n\nHey, at least I know I might have misspelled that and I care enough to question myself :oP
873126
I'm pretty sure that time periods are capitalized...it seems that they would be...*checking* yep, capitalize.\n-caty
642568
Most of our letter recognition comes from letter shapes, especially from the ascenders and descenders. Capitals have less shape and have uniform size. They do not have ascenders (like the tops of the d) or descenders (like the curly part of the g). This makes them very hard to read.\n\nMaking your words hard to read is considered rude. It is the same as some people putting their email on rainbow colored backgrounds in my not so humble opinion.
349632
People are lazy, ignorant, and apathetic.  Not only can they not bother to check their spelling, they don't seem to think it's worth the time.  If you can understand me, then that's all that matters, seems to be their thought process.  What they fail to realize is that by not checking their spelling, the poster is causing people to reduce their estimation of him/her.  It's sort of like people who drawl out their words...you know the kind.  Every four letter word has two syllables?  Now, they might be the smartest person in the room, but you can't help but knock off a few IQ points when you hear them speak.
1141279
One is, as I am sure you know, the contraction for you are while the other shows possesive case. There, I wrote that for all the yahooites who might read this and do not have a clue about proper English. While I am not perfect myself, some of the spellings are simply too strange at times so it is little wonder that some are confused by the two words. It is a sad sign of the times I am afraid.
1015579
Yes, it does bug me. But you spelled grammar wrong. :( It probably doesn't check the title. But that's ok, I jsut wanted to point it out in a nice way before the millions of less kind people come. I always check my spelling, and it just goes to show the type of person you are talking to.
189173
It should only be capitalized if it is a title.  So you would write, "We were late to our Criminal Justice class."  But, you would write, "We were late to our class in criminal justice."
542532
*sigh* \n\nYou have no idea how hard it is  to not correct the grammar! The spelling? I can let that go. But the grammar...YIKES!! But I kindly put my red pen away at 3:00 and just let down my hair and become a yahooligan too. So bring on the errors. I can grin and bare it!
126338
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!!
1088082
I do understand what you're trying to say, and I do not usually try to make a big deal out of the grammar and spelling mistakes of others.  However, I do get very annoyed when I am trying to read a post that is written so poorly that I have to read the words more than once to try and figure out what the person is saying.  There is also a spell check on this board, so there really is no reason for misspelled words.  Now, punctuation is a whole different story, I suppose.  In either case though, there is still no reason for someone to be mean about it or to make fun of someone for it, even if it is extremely annoying.