Why do so many people on this website have such a poor grasp of the English language?
409438
A lot of these people on here are either not from the USA or speak another language. Also I think they just want to get their point across as soon as possible and too lazy to type it properly.
497060
Not really.  This site isn't meant to be perfect as far as I know - just to give people reasonable answers to their questions.  No one is being graded on their writing here.  People are working quickly and just want to get the message across.  Some of us are more meticulous than others.  Some of us speak and write English a little better than others.  No big deal.  Life is too short to worry about such things.
315460
Because most people are too busy using internet lingo. Also take into account the vast age range and the fact that not everyone is from English speaking countries. Often times people type like they talk, and some words may get omitted. Be tolerant and try to understanding.
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.
601159
There are people from all over the world here.  Not all of them speak or type English that well.  Please pay attention to the question and not the typing.  Also there are people who do speak and type English but are a little on the lazy side.  Its easy to tell them apart.  Just move to the questions you understand and have fun.
1136991
I agree with you. It is so hard to read the writing with all the slang and ganster vocab. Shows no signs of intelligence. If they took the time in school to learn how to type (much less read and write) then how do they expect to get serious and intelligent answers?
1114399
I'm extremely surprised by that too, and English is not even my native language. I don't know who's to blame for that, I guess that  everything you mentioned has an influence, but in my opinion the main reason for incorrect spelling is that people don't read as much as they should and therefore they don't get used to the correct forms of the written words.
541434
I think that 90 percent of the people on the internet don't know how to spell or speak properly........thanks for helping to prove my point
543523
dang...these people cant read questions very well...alot of them didnt read all of it or didnt understand it...instead they just jumped right in head first showi9ng their @ss!!!   way to go people...
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?
494517
I agree! It's amazing how many people can't, or won't spell or write correctly, especially here in Yahoo! Answers. The excuse I always get is "Well, this is the Internet, you're SUPPOSED to misspell!". Please! It's no wonder our country is falling behind so many other countries in literacy and other areas of knowledge. We, as a society have become lazy in such basic things as spelling, grammar, math and science.
611126
Yeah, people don't know how to spell anymore.\n\nOr, should I say, peepel dont no how too spell n e more.
1166518
Some ppl just treasure the English language and find it so annoying that other ppl refuse to speak properly. It's like one of those things that just really gets to them and they can't help it.\n\nFor me, it can be a little confusing to try and understand what they r trying to say. But as long as they're understood i guess it doesn't really matter.
1158486
well I guess this site is full of idiots
247824
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.
1115861
After examining the evidence, I must conclude that english is not your first language. If that is true, they were rude. If it is not true, then you seriously need to study a bit more and those people were being helpful by pointing that out to you.
964807
There are all kinds of people here - some of them don't have a well developed sense of humor. Others have a hard time understanding humor from countries other than their own. Still others struggle with English and just don't get the humor at all.\n\nKeep on, smiling - for sure someone will get it!