Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?
gnu@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
It’s not a recent thing, but I would say there has been a decline over the last decade or so. Not only does it seem like spelling and grammar are getting worse but I feel it is much more likely these days to find comments defending improper English rather than correcting it.
I saw someone spell “extreme” as “extream” which is just kind of baffling, I actually can’t even imagine how one would make such a mistake?
Maybe they had just come from dealing with large quantities of paper? Or enlarging a bunch of holes?
3xBork@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Anti-intellectualism has been on the rise for decades and spelling gets worse? I am *shocked *I tell you!
Also: inb4 the “language evolves!” crowd arrives.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
So true. People are likely being fucked up by poor autocorrect algos, as I noticed even mine messing up and turned it off outright, because I blind type like 89wpm on my phone anyway so I’m fine without it. Then they’re defending it like ignorant fools that they are, reasoning backwards and perpetuating anti-intellectualism
Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Both are true.
3xBork@lemmy.world 5 days ago
One could also argue that language degrades. Just a matter of perspective. Evolution implies it’s good, but a lot of this evolution is little more than losing language features or clarity.