A few days ago
Anonymous

Why are there so many misspelled words on answers?

their – thier – there

they’re – there

you’re – your

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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Because people are lazy and don’t use spell check.
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A few days ago
arfblat
because you’re a moron. spelling doesn’t matter. standard english is a form of socioeconimic-ism. just because someone doesn’t speak the way middle-upper class folk speak don’t mean they dumb. other dialects, such as AAVE follow just as strict grammatical rules as standard english. The most important thing is if something is understandable. And if I say ther aint gon be no class morrow … you most likely still understand what i be sayin’, no?

grammar nazi…

(nazis are bad, by the way)

Oh and to everyone saying it’s because they don’t check their spellcheck… spellcheck wouldn’t say that their, they’re, there, you’re, or your are wrong….

in fact my spellcheck is telling me that “spellcheck” is wrong. I guess it expects me to write spell check. But spellcheck is understandable to most people, methinks.

And, duce, I think writing with “improper dialects” is much more “artful” than proper essays. Mark Twain, for example?

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A few days ago
?
Apparently people don’t know what “check spelling” means. Some browsers will actually flag misspelled words (like Firefox), but they don’t pay attention to that either.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
That’s what happens when the kids IM and text so much that they don’t know how to spell and use proper grammar anymore, writing has become a lost art, and so has learning to spell
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A few days ago
Corroborate
Those are common errors made by people when typing either too quickly or when they’re more involved in the content of their answers than the actual “grammar.”
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A few days ago
$Sun King$
Beecuz peeple ar eliterate on Yahoo Ansers.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
to – too – two – 2

for – four – fore – 4

Because 1) people are morons, or 2) people don’t bother with spell check , or 3) both 1 and 2.

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A few days ago
sweety026
though there may be spell check it does not have ESP so if the word is spelled right that’s all that matters!
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A few days ago
Twiggy
Because they can`t read the spellcheck?
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A few days ago
MD
Theyr’e theyr’e, kawm yerself. ur geting al werked up over nuthin
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