Do people learn how to spell anymore or do they just wing it like the people that ask these questions?
83232
No, neither spelling nor grammar is taught in schools anymore.  You see ignorant people tend to have more children than educated ones and soon the ignorant people will take over the world and no one will go to school anymore or if they do they will not be taught reading, writing and math.  They will be taught useful skills such as cursing, on-line language (so you can decode what your friends say when they use things like oic and u) and sleeping in.
433257
Some are too lazy to use this feature! I'm not, rest assured! I've enhanced my spelling 100% using a computer the last 3-5 years. I'm 18 years old and am proud of my vocabulary.
1104559
Why do most of the people on this site have a hard time stringing together a sentence?  I've been wondering this for a long time.  Most people don't know what spell check is, and most people don't read.  Reading is proven to increase spelling and grammar, but no one likes to read, they would rather watch TV and play video games.  \n\nPeople on this board irritate me because they post questions and you can't even understand what they say.
113524
It happens.  But the REAL question should be:  Do you take a person more seriously when they take the time to spell properly(and none of that netspeak like gr8 and ur), use proper grammar, and above all PUNCUATION?  I know I certainly do, and while I admit to making the occasional typo, I am more wont to give a sincere answer to a question that has been asked 'properly.'  On the flip side, if someone is barely literate I am more apt to give a sarky and sarcastic response.
1058547
Spelled incorrectly....scares the bejeezus out of me to think these illiterate fools will one day be governing this country, making decisions that affect us, and worse, will be in charge of teaching my kids to be illiterate.  I don't tolerate ebonics, either.  Ebonics is just an illiterate person feigning illiteracy.  Other than that, the only stupid question is the one never asked.  So yes...my nod to illiteracy.  May they all get Speak and Spells for X-mas this year!
442608
NO they don't.\n\nAnd then they get angry if someone tries to correct them.\n\nIt's like, well excuse me for trying to help you seem more intelligent then what you are portraying.
1005856
Good question. I am continually surprised at the loss of intelluctual people these days.  It seems a good education and learning has gone down the drain. I don't know if it's the pupils or the system itself.  Grammer has gone to the dogs.  Kids these days don't even understand the difference between 'its' and 'it's'.
837617
both.\nthe people that are spelling incorrectly are the same people that cannot carry a conversation face to face because their mind is always elsewhere and cant focus on the item at hand.\nthey are spelling incorrectly because they are rushing to answer your question while they have more than one dialouge open with others and are trying to do what they think is techno driven communication but in actuality is what i call "dead beat" communication.  they think i want their input or advice when i know they are not even focusing on me.  they should just not bother answering.  \nthe best is when they answer disrespectfully or without empathy and sound like i am bothering them. HA! they are sucj techno tards.  if my question bothers them so much - DONT ANSWER IT!
446533
Once you learn to spell better...
266424
don't they teach you kids to spell in school anymore??
358707
They're not playing at being morons, they really are!  I have never seen so many people who couldn't spell, use proper punctuation in the right places or who have totally ignored the rules of grammar until I joined Yahoo Answers.  To answer your question, yes schools are failing this badly but I think parents are too.  The hip-hop industry isn't helping either.  Kids see this and imitate it. ("fo schnizzle" is a perfect example)
178533
Yeah, I've realized that some people have a go at others over things beyond spelling.  Some aren't good typists, some don't care and the others are spelling "phonetically", but the main problem is there are some really mean people on Yahoo answers that seem to get enjoyment out of tearing others down,  for whatever reason.  If you care enough to read a question and try to answer truthfully, you should be patient enough to try and "read between the lines".  Some people are in a hurry because they feel their question is urgent and some people don't care how they spell, or don't know how to spell.  I've said it before, this site needs more "constructive" criticism than it does hateful and hurtful answers.  Yahoo answers has made an effort to change this by offering "check spelling" but what more can they do?  It isn't fair to degrade someone for not being able to spell properly or degrading someone for spelling phonetically!
508003
maybe you should learn to spell, then ask a question.
20759
I agree with you, but some people are just too lazy or type too fast (and don't realize their mistakes). Unless Yahoo! was to add a spellchecker that checks the spelling of all posts, I don't see these people improving their spelling and grammar.\n\nAlso, there are people on this website that haven't learned correct grammar or spelling (because they are new to the English language).
924740
I completely agree with you. I notice it a lot on here. Most of the so called questions are not even in question form. The spelling mistakes are unbelievable and we have spell check! Go figure? It is scary to see this. It really makes me wonder what goes on in school, what are our teaches doing? Where are the parents? Are they help their children? What about some adults, they do the very same thing. I just read a so called question and it said: "My sister and brother in law leave when they feed?" First off, this is NOT a question, second, the word "feed" should be "fed" or it should have read,"they leave after they have eaten" (That makes more sense). The dumbing down of America is so apparent and it is getting worse and worse. We need to put more money into our education system instead of the billions we spend on nonsense. \nI posted a question a few days ago, "How come no one spells words out?" I see "wit" for with...."cuz" for because...."plz" for please. I received really great responses. But the majority mentioned that it is faster to type these shortcuts....."wit" is only missing the "h"...how much faster do you type leaving out one letter?\nI agree with you a 100%.....remember, type-o's are different from spelling and grammar mistakes. Spell check will not do it's job right if you spell words like "cuz" for because.\nYou are right and I hope people take your question seriously and learn something from it.
456661
some people really can't spell. others, as I tend to do sometimes, just don't feel like using correct grammar and punctuation when the message can get across by using slang or a homemade version of shorthand.
33044
pleaded and speeded became the norm when uneducated people became icons for children. people who never learned correct grammar and spelling make up most of the young people of today's icons. it is so sad. people who made it past 5th  grade (if not earlier)should know the difference.