Do you find it upsetting that the majority of people on this site have poor spelling and grammar?
474109
Yes, it does, especially knowing that they are going to be the next workforce.
31139
I agree - I doubt that people who post a question or answer a question proof read what they display. It is a testament to our poor education system. I believe that people do not have shame anymore, otherwise they would be embarrased to  let everyone know they do not have basic reading, spelling and grammatical skills. \n\nWe should be compassionate though and try to teach them in a good way that there is room for them to improve.
29115
The spelling and grammar is awful, I agree. However, just because someone is typing in English doesn't necessarily mean that it is their first language.
961738
Keep in mind, there are a lot of young kids and teenagers on here that mostly have the spelling errors and the weird slang. That's probably what you are seeing on here lately. You are right, though, it's hard to answer a question when somebody messes up most of their spelling or they use nothing but slang. It's nothing against anybody, and I like giving advice, but if people are serious about getting answers to  their questions, they would at least respect other fellow answerer's by using the "Check Spelling" option.
97074
It bothers a lot of us - you just seem to be hitting all the questions that the lazy jackasses ask. \n\nThere are, indeed, a section of us who type like intelligent individuals who give a rats' ass about the English language. \n\nThe rest of them give us a bad name, really, when you continue to read the news of how "chatting online can lower your IQ" - Sure, if you're a RETARD to begin with!\n\n♥
483939
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.
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
1028738
However much I feel bad for people being harrassed for things they do not do well, I would honestly say that the spelling thing here bothers me as well, and it gets rather tiring reading posts with terrible spelling and grammar.  There is no excuse for it here, when you post your  question or answer, the 'CHECK SPELLING'  tool is always provided.  If it is your choice not to use it, then you probably will continue to be commented on.
436321
I think you just answered your own question but here are some other ideas I've had:\n\n1) Many folks here do not speak English well, and probably read it even more poorly. Imagine if you were translating your own question into Greek... would you be able to spell every word correctly? Would spell check really help you?\n\n2) Lots of people on this site are in too big a hurry to get points to be bothered with things like syntax or grammar or spelling, or fixing their typos.\n\n3) People in general are quite stupid and under-educated, which is probably why the good folks at Yahoo developed this site.
644379
Well, my freind... considering this site is comprimised of 12 year olds your not going to find much grammar or punctuation unfortunatly >.<
825870
I think it's an example of everyone's growing laziness. I'm sure that I'm not the only who's noticing an epidemic of doing the minimum, not just with spelling. Especially with kids, though adults are also at fault, there is the rush to do the the smallest amount of required work in the smallest amount of time. And spelling is one of the places where it's worst. Most sites that I surf for info are published and spell checked, but forums drive me nuts. They're a great way to get answers, but I get pissed off because some many people have so many useful things to say, but their spelling is terrible. It's not too hard to decode some basic mistakes, but there are many large errors that compromise the meaning of a sentence (or should I say fragment).\nI find it very, very, annoying, but I don't see anything that can be done about it. Apparently the auto spell check that places a squiggly line under misspelled words and obvious check spelling button aren't enough. But at least there still are some who use the built-in spell check features.
777249
I agree with you 100%. It is so frustrating. English is my second language and I find that I have better grammar than many of the people on this website! The poor grammar and spelling make it difficult for me to answer their questions because I can't understand what they are trying to say.\nIt's really quite worry-some.\nBest wishes.\n-Daciana\n\nps.  Nice picture.
84029
Ok, this isn't a very good place to make a judgment on how well people can spell. \nFor one, there is a wide age range here. I have seen children as young as 11 here, so obviously they are more apt to make a mistake.\nSecondly, people make typos all the time.  This is an informal setting so they are not as likely to spend a lot of time correcting mistakes, as say they would be when composing a buisness letter.\nThirdly, how do you know who speaks English as their first language, and who doesn't just by reading the question.  I don't think that you can possibly know that.\n\nIf they had this same type thing set up in Spanish speaking countries, or German, Or whatever language, I think you would find just as many people making errors in their own language too.  I think it is a little unfair to single out Americans when I doubt you are actually comparing this evenly with everyone else.\n\nThat all said, it does bother me when there are excessive amounts of misspellings.  A typo here or there, I can understand, but some I've seen are ridiculous.
389608
I don't think that's entirely true. I've seen plenty of questions and answers here with incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, and with abbreviations like that. Maybe you see it less in the 'Words and Wordplay' section because people who are in this section generally have more respect for the correct use of the English language.
197073
I don't think so. It's an international forum so a lot of people's english isn't that great. It doesn't really bother me too much on here but it makes me crazy when professionals in the workplace don't know how to spell!!
436319
I love you! I came on here for the first time last night and I was shocked at how horrible people's grammar and spelling was.  I honestly couldn't even understand some of the questions and/or answers because of the lack of structure, proper spelling, and grammar.  Glad I'm not the only one who is bothered by it!
101955
I'm hoping it's because some users are not English speakers. But I must admit,I'm appalled. The spelling and grammar are so bad,many questions are incomprehensible. As for spell check. I've never used it.