Why cant people learn to spell?
449030
It's the wonderful public "education" system of the USA.\n\n'tis funny no? Actually, no, not at all.
713803
1. Some people don't care, about their spelling\n2. Some people don't care, they are too lazy to use spell checker\n3. Some people don't care, they wouldn't know proper spelling if it bit them in the posterior\n4. Some people don't care, they were never TAUGHT proper English\n5. Some people don't care, they don't know how to speak let alone spell\n\n\nFortunately, some of us not only know how to spell, we make sure that we set a good example to try and elevate the nation's uneducated (no matter how impossible it seems) so that something might sink in to those MASSIVELY thick skulls...
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.
548836
I am so glad someone else mentioned this!  I think it's terrible the way some people spell and the grammar they use. It just makes you wonder:  What did they learn in school?  Spell check works sometimes, but not for everything. A majority of the words that are misspelled are not difficult words, either - just ordinary, everyday words!
1176541
knowing how to spell would help
649393
You really need to learn how to spell.
193446
Perhaps they can't spell?
1075328
My husband is illiterate. Life is very hard some times for him. He is very intelligent, but has a learning disorder. There are a lot of illiterate people out there and you would never know it. It is well hidden, and very sad that our school systems do no better than this.
159586
For some it is because English is a second language. For others it is because our school systems have failed to teach people how to read  and spell properly.
124780
I am bothered by anyone, from any nationality, over the age of 18, that cannot spell or read words from their own language. What bothers me more is the fact that many of them have completed grade school, high school and college and still cannot spell properly and apparently don't care enough to learn. There is something wrong with a school system that will pass children through who cannot read or spell correctly. There is something wrong with parents who do not take any actions when they realize the school system has failed and their child can't spell or read. There is also something wrong with the person who is willing to go through life unable to read or spell words from their own language. Hopefully our school systems will change the way they teach and go back to putting more emphasis on reading and spelling.
501210
It means somebody doesn't know how to spell or write English properly.
282002
Someone that can't SPELL
684171
they can't learn English .  don't have the brain capacity
49574
I no wut you meen. :) People learn how to speak properly, they just don't care and forget how to do it. Lose/loose, your/you're, they're/their/there misspelligs are real annoying..
977412
It's ridiculous but excusable.  Some people may learn English but still have a hard time mastering it. They may speak English perfectly but have a hard time reading confusing forms. Some people can read it but not speak it as well.  When you learn another language they don't teach you every single word especially all the legal jargon.    \n\nBasically, you can learn English, pass all the tests (if there even are any) and still mess up and need help from time to time especially when it's something important like a social security form.
405409
ummm, who can't spell??
1173975
Because society allows them the ignorance. It's common and has almost become allowed to use incorrect grammar, or none at all! It's embarassing at time to those of us who have control of our language.