Why do kids write "your" instead of "you're" or "you are"?
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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!
1143797
Simple reason, they can't spell or write properly, just like you!
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There are several reasons. In some cases, it is simply due to quick typing and insufficient editing. It's easy to confuse the spelling of homophones such as "their" and "there" when writing rapidly.\n\nAlso, many of those who seem incapable of using correct grammar and spelling are actually young people trying to emulate ghetto culture by spelling "want" as "wont" and "with" as "wit," etc... These are the mistakes that I find particularly annoying for some reason, perhaps because I feel like young people should at least make an effort to come across as sincere and thoughtful when asking someone who is wiser or more learned for information or help.\n\nThe popularity of chatting has also resulted in an overuse of certain abbreviations which has unfortunately become the standard for online communication. This is where some of the laziness in grammar and spelling comes in, as well.\n\nIn addition, there are those posting for whom English is a second or third language. At certain times of the day, there are a number of people on here from India, for example. And while it's easy to be impatient with mistakes that even the least educated American wouldn't make, I try to remind myself that these people speak two or more languages fluently and that I should therefore not only tolerate minor errors but be ashamed of the even worse errors perpetrated by my own fellow Americans.\n\nFinally, however, there are a certain number of the population who just don't seem to have a basic grasp of grammar, spelling, or punctuation and who don't even seem to care. There are unfortunately so many of these people, that I'm afraid Yahoo would have more than a full-time job trying to keep up with their errors. \n\nIn my opinion, therefore, the best thing those of us who do think it's worth investing a little time and thought into how we express our thoughts online is to try to set a good example for the others, both in our questions and our responses. And though I try to resist the temptation to correct other people's errors, I sometimes find it very difficult to do so. This is especially the case when they've obviously not even made half an effort and don't appear to be foreign. When that's the case, and if they exhibit even the slightest bit of arrogance, closed-mindedness, or bigotry, I usually "let 'er rip"!
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there's a special sentece structure. i don't know the exact format( i don't go memorizing it), but i know that each sentence begins with I am and it describes you by telling something about you. also, the first and last line are like this: I am (your name!).
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"Their" is possessive, as in Their car.\n\n"There" is a place- as in Over There.\n\n"They're" is just short for they are- As in they're idiots.
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Perhaps one easy way to help you distinguish and remember: look at the word their or there without the T.  There - T = here (a location)  Their-t = heir (a person).   \n\nThere always refers to a place.  Their always refers to a person or persons.
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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
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don't they teach you kids to spell in school anymore??
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There are two senses of "bad spelling".  Mixing up "your" and "you're" and spelling "schedule" as "skedool", for instance, are probably a result of foreigners with poor English skills and the fact that English grammar and spelling aren't taught in school any more (as far as I know).\n\nUsing "u" for "you" and "c" for "see" is more lazy than outright wrong and has most likely been spawned by the advent of internet chat rooms and cell-phone text-messaging.
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Hmm, kind of like this?  "Why do people correct you and then say exactly what you were saying?"\n\nMaybe they are trying to help you learn grammar, spelling, and syntax.  Just a thought.
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Actually, the occasional 'u' does not bother me. It's when they use these contractions for *every single word* in a sentence. Now that is annoying. I dont even bother with those questions, i simply am not going to take my time to translate what you wrote, when it can be spent more effectively somewhere else. \n\nDoesn't it take more effort to construct a "sentence" like that, than just writing the whole thing out properly?\n\nI think that those people are just trying *too* hard to look, i dont know - cool to their friends? cool to eveyone else? to look like they're internet wizzes?
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Because languages keep evolving, and so does the way people express themselves. I think our language/way we talk pretty much reflects our background/social status, etc. \nI think people try and find equivalent words to some already existing because the original one might feel too foreign/inappropriate to them. Teenagers in particular feel the need to make up a whole new vocabulary so that they're not related in any way to their parents/grandparents, and it makes them feel part of a group, they have something amongst them that adults can't be a part of.\nWe've all done when we were younger and it's going to keep happening, and that's the beauty of languaes. That's wny learning languages is so interesting, there is no one right answer, there are choices and you are truly fluent when you know when and where to use one or the other.
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In my opinion, and it is only an opinion, when man started using language he began with small (short) words e.g. I, me, you, is, food, game, etc.  As we became more sophisticated we chose to assign words to concepts and more complex thoughts.  Let's face it "I, me, and you" are much simpler concepts than "abbreviation, multinational, and so on".\n\nOK, for what ever it is worth, there is my idea...  We simply ran out of short words.
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Because society allows them the ignorance. It's common and has almost become allowed to use incorrect grammar, or none at all! It's embarassing at time to those of us who have control of our language.
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Usually they use the small i instead of saying I. They also communicate with u or r or some other single letter so you cannot figure out what they mean. tftp\nThanks for two points
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I no wut you meen. :) People learn how to speak properly, they just don't care and forget how to do it. Lose/loose, your/you're, they're/their/there misspelligs are real annoying..
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because they spell "why" with a "Y"!!!