Do some of the people on here not realize that there is a spelling checker available for use?
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.
914383
It drives me insane, particularly on here. There is a thing called spell check that people seem to have difficulty finding. When chatting it is a little more acceptable, not much but a little, because there isn't the convenience of spell check. What's worse is when you correct someone or mention they utilize the spell checker in any context the person asking the question becomes highly offended. For anyone offended by my response now I am going to show you how easy it was to make sure everything was spelled accurately because I had left a few mistakes intentionally. Now watch. Wow, took me 10 seconds to fix all of my mistakes.
142265
I don't usually proof-read answers until after I submit them (as there's an edit button it's not such a big deal), but I do check questions pretty carefully as I can't go back and change them later.  And when I'm not sure how to spell something I always look it up before I type it!
768240
I agree with you.  Many of the people asking questions are not what you would call intelligent. They are minimally educated and haven't got a clue about spelling, punctuation and grammar. They don't even have enough intelligence to realise how important good spelling is.
1110560
I noticed that phenomenon also. And I am amused by it. But also, I noticed that even with my own spelling, sometimes the spell checker doesn't work. \n\nIt is kind of a gripe with me that some spelling is really awful. A spellchecker is right here for everyone to use, but a lot of people don't use it. \n\nOn the other hand, when I use it, sometimes I get a little red alert that says the spell checker isn't working.
280040
Whoa1 Check out all the responses. Guess you are not the only one, huh?  But the biggest giveaway was when all of a sudden the "check spelling" box appeared! LOL.  I thought that was great. I haven't noticed that it is necessarily working that well to halt the misspellings, and "chatspeak" (like, say: "LOL"--sorry) but at least it shows all of us who do care that we are not alone and that good old Yahoo is responsive to our particular mania.  \n\nTry what I do if you want to stay on here and not go blind or insane:  Squint while you read!  Ha ha. I tried drinking but that didn't work as well.
986291
Never considered that - quite insightful...\n\nBut I would bet that it does account for quite the number of misspellings...\n\nKind of disturbing.\n\n-dh
250298
Well limiting my answer to only this site, I would say a lot of folks on here are just playing it like it's a game, and going for the points that really get us nowhere...\nI don't understand why the points factor in anyway, we don't get anything out of it...\n\nPeople don't spell right because they don't try and they are in a hurry for whatever reason...\nAs little effort as is required to use the spell check feature, I don't know why they won't use it...\nI wish there was a way for Yahoo to make spelling correctly mandatory some way...\nI hate seeing so many words spelled incorrectly while I spend so much time getting all my answers to come out right and I use the spell check so I don't look dumb...\nI think a lot of folks just don't care either...
20714
Perhaps we should earn points for correcting spelling mistakes in the question... Thanks to Konqueror's inline spell checking, I don't make mistakes myself any more (cue people jumping to prove me wrong).\n\nOh yeah, and thanks for stealing my electroshock keyboard idea; I've been advocating that one for ages!
1135859
There is a button labeled "Check Spelling". Please use it before posting!
1055812
my guess would be worse...it allows us to correspond faster and in doing so, we think less about how we're saying what we're saying, coupled with reliance upon spell checkers and grammar checkers, which, at least in the case of spell checkers will only flag a word if it's a non-word, i.e. spelled incorrectly, but will gladly accept the wrong word if it's spelled correctly and in any event may not actually stop the communication being sent, replete with errors though it may be.  Yes, that is a run-on sentence, i've just proven my point.
341737
They just want to join the people at Yahoo answers, but do not have the ability to form a logical question. Many other do not seem to know what "Check Spelling" is all about.
504720
This is a test to see how many people can figure out what I am saying. A lot of people are really hung up on proper spelling. But the human mind can figure it out, as in the example I'm giving you now. \nIt is said that, as long as you have the first and last letter in the proper place that your mind will be able to figure it out.\nWhat do you think??
1021882
no it is def not you. for example, the person who answered first gave the wrong "its", so there is prove right there. The problem is Microsoft Word. it corrects grammer, punc., and spelling so that people don't have to use their brains anymore. Technology is actually killing education slowly but surely.
404543
I think an active, web based version like that used on windows live mail (etc.) would be extremely useful for the legions of the illiterate who grace these pages.Spelling usually isnt the problem that prevents me from understanding a piece of difficult text, its the god awful grammar. I dont know how effectively yahoo could implement it, but a grammar checker would be great.\n\nand btw, ive NEVER seen a spell checker on yahoo answers...? maybe it only works in internet explorer?
449396
Whoa, easy dear, it's called "Spell Check", perhaps you would like to click on it next time so we would understand your question and could offer our help by answering it :)
686907
I think some of the people who answer on here rush to try and answer the question first..thus they make mistakes and don't bother to spell check...I really don't know why they do this...It's not as if points make prizes.