Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?
steeznson@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Could be people using a second language like others have mentioned. Another thing could be British vs US english. Webster changed how words were spelt in the early 20th centry to make them more phonetic for Americans, i.e. “colour” -> “color”
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
I’m also second language lol, I’d never do this, I learned how to write English before I knew how to speak it.
steeznson@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah counterintuitively there are a lot of people who learn English as a 2nd language who have better grammar than native speakers because they actually learn the rules.