Why does it seem like 95% of Internet users failed grammar class?
364253
It's your basic apathy and ignorance. To most people it's just not important any more - even schools don't rate spelling and grammar. Ignorance is said to be bliss and unfortunately people accept that.
585216
Yahoo's Spell check only works about half the time, especially on larger answers.\n\nHowever, I totally agree with you.  I am over-whelmed by the degree of spelling and grammar errors. I cannot believe that we would have so many in this single Website!  It shows how poorly kids are being taught today.\n\nI spend half my time on a question trying to understand it and the other half on trying to type my answer clearly and completely.  It seems no one understands the importance of good communications these days.  We all make mistakes from time to time, but this is bad!\n\nWhat an education they are going to get when they go looking for a job.
1124093
If yes, then they should be required to pass a basic spelling and grammar test.  Looks like you failed.
913278
NONE! But you need some English/grammar lessons!
765908
Personally, I would not trust a website to do it, for several reasons:\n\n1.) Proofreading grammar may require a rewrite of a section, and it's best if you're sitting with the proofreader to rewrite it appropriately.\n2.) You have no way to know how good a job they'll do beforehand, and you may get it back too late - or not at all.\n3.) It's very possible they'll mangle it worse than it was originally handed to them - especially if they're unfamiliar with the subject matter.
103529
People think that because they are on the Internet they don't have to spell things properly or edit what they have written.\n\nI've seen so many misspelled words and poor syntax on Yahoo Questions, and it's not just from EAASL (English As A Second Language) speakers.\n\nAlso some people think it's cool to hax0r talk.  Bunch of Un-l33t bastages if you ask me.
406722
Yes i have lost faith in the American education system by reading some of these questions. When i went to school during the mid 70s Thur the 80s they taught you how to spell and proper grammar.I do not know how some of these young kids make it through college, because they must write reports with proper spelling and grammar. Sigh, they are going to be our future leaders.
680432
Certainly.  Some internet abbreviations have entered daily spoken language.  People are doing much more writing and much less speaking.  A new level of langauge (e-mail speak) seems to be developing.  Even amoung educated, careful speakers, a certain number of appreviations, symbols and careless spellings seems to have become accepted.  While some younger users are taking this to the point of incomprehensibility (if you are not in the know), this will probably level off.  The number of international users will change some English used on the Internet as new norms develop.  The Internet is a new community of speakers/writers, and as it develops, it will change.
367613
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.
838137
I am a High School English teacher, my sister is and Elementary School teacher and our cousin teaches special needs so I think I can answer this with a degree of knowledge.....the answer is a definitive ....YES.  newyorkgal 71 says that she believes that most teachers just don't care anymore but I can tell you that those of us who do care see a drastic down slide in the grammatical structure of most individuals writing and speech. I believe it is because we as a society have made it acceptable to use slang as a substitute for appropriate speech, until we as a whole make a change we as teachers can teach and instruct as much as we can and want but  what is learned at home will usually prevail.
630418
It is so annoying to see questions/answers with so many spelling/grammar mistakes!  I guess people are just too lazy to make use of the 'check spelling' link.  And yes, the apparent lack of adequate spelling/grammar skills in today's children/teenagers worries me. :(
439193
YES! as a teacher I completely agree with you, although i must say I am guilty of doing it myself when using the internet. I abbreviate most words when typing on the net because it is easier, but unlike children I know the correct way of typing as well. There are many examples I have seen at school where the internet has caused a decline in grammar and spelling ability! Text messaging on phones does the same thing. Often I will mark stories that include words such as 'da, cos, ya,' and so on.  I was reading the kids a book the other day, it said "....the cheetah laughed out loud" one of the kids put their hands up and said "that's LOL" I questioned them and then realised what they meant. On the internet typing LOL means laugh out loud. It is a real worry. I see kids who can't spell or write properly but can chat on the internet using perfect 'net language'!!
103306
I think some must be speakers of another language and their english is the second or third language they speak.  Because alot of times it is not just spelling  errors but every other grammatical faus pax you can commit.
941225
If this is an opinion based question, then my answer is yes, and no. Yes in that computers make people lazy (by using spell check,  abbreviations, etc.), and no in that people are free to choose to self-edit their own material (I did not spell check this, so I hope it meets with grammatical correctness guidelines). I do not believe that most people who own computers still know how to write a gramatically correct sentence or paragraph.
400153
I have often seen these mistakes go unchecked by the teachers at my daughter's school. When I asked why, I was told that the thoughts and emotions being expressed were more important than the manner in which they were expressed. I disagree. I cannot take a person seriously if they cannot spell and punctuate. I'm afraid I automatically assume they are stupid. Sorry!
537668
I reckon a large proportion of people on here could do with that too! The use of grammar, spelling and sentence construction is terrible! Don't they educate people anymore?
451380
I agree.  I believe it comes from the inherent laziness of people and their lack of desire to read real books.  The level of reading comprehension is deplorable in this country.  I teach students who are currently juniors or seniors and some have NEVER read a book from cover to cover.  Good sentence structure and accurate spelling comes in large measure from reading a lot.  No reading--no spelling or grammatical syntax awareness.\n\nI think the moronic comment of Bazaar above my response is a splendid example of what happens when people are too dumb to understand proper grammar with subject-verb agreement.