Why is it that more and more people don't care for spelling correctly?

I aegre wtih you. The way peolpe raed and wirte tdoay is awfeul. I thnik it may be jsut plian lazniess.

We shuold do our bset to miantian good stnadards wehn wirting in pbulic froums. ;)

The funny thing here is that the question and several answers have grammatical errors throughout. One answer is even from a self-proclaimed writer.

At any rate, I think the literacy of America is atrocious.

It started with the Women's Liberation movement. Women fought to have the "right" to go into the workplace and put their kids in daycare. They taught their children, with this behavior, that Mom's work was more important than anything. Even more important than the kids themselves.

When those children got to school, that feeling of insignificance followed.

When they rebelled, they chose to not care (or to make it LOOK like they didn't care) about spelling, math, and geography because it was the only way to make the adults feel as insignificant as the kids had been made to feel. In this way, the kids were thumbing their noses at what they thought was important to their parents.

The residual "coolness" (read James Dean) of spelling wrong has made its way into the popular culture. Current music (Bubba Sparxx & Ying Yang Twins), popular movies (Beetlejuice) and even our grocery store shelves (Kool-Aid, Krispy Kreme) try to tap into a younger demographic by spelling incorrectly.

Unfortunately, the spelling problem runs deeper than most people think.

But what's with all the misplaced apostrophes?

Don't forget not all people are from the United States or Canada. In some instances English is their second language. This site is universal and some people may not be from the United States or any English speaking country.

People born in the United States and Canada also are becoming lazy in their spelling and grammar. We are going down hill. Teachers have to enforce proper education.

You are correct, too many people can not spell, but it is not only spelling. People are not taking pride in their language. Newspapers are being printed with spelling errors, grammatical errors and if you browse any article, you will see that most people do not even know the difference between there and their, then and than etc.

Part of the problem is that it is not being corrected in the schools. I a student is not one of the best, no one pays attention but mostly, it is laziness.

Spelling Police here! I agree. Correct spelling is going the way of grammar, reading, paying attention, proper etiquette, etc. I don't know why, except people seem to think these things are not important. Maybe they're lazy? I'm a writer and have been an editor, and am appalled at the lack of literacy.

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On Yahoo Answers, it's probably a combination of things. English isn't the native language for some, and others, especially teens, text message a lot, so they've gotten used to typing in a form of short hand.

There's also a lot of laziness. I don't even know if spelling's taught in schools anymore.

I really believe the problem is lack of patience along with lack of education. Our country is too busy worrying about other countries to take the time to see we are falling behind in education. I know adults 18-35 that can't spell little baby words that kids should have learned in second grade. What about the mathematics skills! I see so many young adults that can't do simple adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing. !!!We are raising a bunch of retards!!!

Some people just don't bother because everyone already knows what others are trying to say, even with typos. The only time it really counts and when people buckle down to spell right is in school and stuff. I only try to spell right because I'm practicing my typing skills. Don't worry. :)

well as for me, i feel that education is important. i intern at an elementary school and as i grade the spelling work, if the student cannot spell the word correctly when it's right in front of them (even if i know what word they're trying to spell-and it might be the correct answer) if they cannot spell it when it's right there, then it's wrong. so i agree with you, spelling along with any education is important.

Not only with English language but with many other languages too this is happening in one form or the other.

Also it is nothing new . Earlier it was less whereas now it is more on the increase. I think awareness building is needed.