Are the huge number of spelling and grammatical errors on here down to ignorance or trying to appear 'cool'?

by Rob Williams Posted 2012/08/01 13:19:55

Related Topics: Cool, Spelling, Language, Questions

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The vast majority of posts, both questions and answers, have numerous spelling and/or grammatical errors. Is this because people are ignorant of how to use the language or are they trying to give the impression that they are young and trendy?

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deborah sletten 2012/09/10 12:29:11

Undecided

I blame a lot of it on droid, and then there is the 2inch keyboard and long fingernails.

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mewycg 2012/08/03 08:59:09

Undecided

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Maybe a bit of both. But this is a conversation site, and if one were to type it just exactly as they would say it then that's probably what will keep coming. I sometimes type it exactly as I would speak it.

(I hope I didn't make a boatload of mistakes in typing this one, lolz.)

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Rob Wil... to mewycg 2012/08/03 09:03:27

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Funnily enough I use the saying it aloud option to check certain things... the right your/you're, their/there/they're, etc.

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mewycg to Rob Wil... 2012/08/03 09:06:59

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I find myself doing that too. Even with that I bet I still get some of them wrong at times. lol...

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Rob Wil... to mewycg 2012/08/03 09:11:18

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lol!

I don't actually. I learnt the rules years ago and stick by them.

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mewycg to Rob Wil... 2012/08/03 09:16:57

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I've pretty much got the to/two/too and all the ones you listed, but I don't know why the then/than occasionally hangs me up.

And then there is the spelling of certain sneaky words. I've got to stop and think, or look them up again. Lol, I guess my head just can't hold everything I'm trying to cram into it. Sigh...

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Rob Wil... to mewycg 2012/08/03 12:46:04

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Than is used only in comparisons (Tom is smarter than Bill, This is more important than you might think.), so if you're comparing something use than. If not, then you have to use then.

Spelling can be tricky but I make sure that the spelling checker is always on and double check anything underlined in red!

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mewycg to Rob Wil... 2012/08/06 07:05:47

Easy enough to do. : )

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jimmie 2012/08/01 22:41:08

Undecided

Sometimes I just can't remember how to spell words. The only one I miss spell is Labama. Only because he deserves it for what he's doing to my country. I still don't think he is a legal citz.

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Angie 2012/08/01 19:42:27

Undecided

Probably a mix of both, and pressing enter before proofreading...

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john.keenan.792 2012/08/01 17:35:35

Undecided

i don't think its really any of the above, life now is far more quick a pace so more than likely people can be complacent

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sockpuppet 2012/08/01 13:45:15

Undecided

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A number of sodaheads aren't native to English, and a LOT of them are kids. Hopefully, some of the clarity will return when school starts up again. ,':O\

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Romygirl to sockpuppet 2012/08/01 17:54:56

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Thank you from an not native speaker :)

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sockpuppet to Romygirl 2012/08/01 18:07:43

Thank YOU for making such an effort to learn English and for using it so well. :O)

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Rob Wil... to Romygirl 2012/08/01 22:15:43

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To be honest a lot of the people I know who don't have English as a first language tend to speak it a lot better than most of the natives I mix with!

I think I learnt more about syntax and grammar from being taught Latin and French than I did from being taught English! Maybe learning it as a foreign language means you are actually taught the rules rather than picking them up by exposure to them.

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Rob Wil... to sockpuppet 2012/08/01 22:16:08

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To be honest a lot of the people I know who don't have English as a first language tend to speak it a lot better than most of the natives I mix with!

I think I learnt more about syntax and grammar from being taught Latin and French than I did from being taught English! Maybe learning it as a foreign language means you are actually taught the rules rather than picking them up by exposure to them.

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dear•LT13☻ 2012/08/01 13:26:11

Undecided

A little of both

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