Why do a lot of people misspell "you are"?

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#51 Shirley_Temple
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[QUOTE="digi_matrix"]I've noticed this a lot of internet message boards like IMDB and here. People always say "your" instead of "you're". And the funniest thing is when a snobbish person tries to correct someone else's spelling, they almost always misspell this one word, "you're". Weird huh ;)Viewtiful-GaMeR


You need a question mark at the end.

:lol:

Note: If you don't find this funny, you need to see if he REALLY needs a Question mark.

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#52 Viewtiful-GaMeR
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[QUOTE="disc0very"] So taking an extra 2 seconds is too much time for you?



2 seconds?How fast can you type?
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#53 IIRubenII
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What about they are? Or we are? Or who are? Or what or when or why are? What about neice? Or is it niece? Or is it hygeine, or is it hygiene? Where does a quotation end and start? Are exclamation marks inside of the quotes? Can periods be used right after commas? Or can they be used right before? Hm...
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#54 disc0very
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[QUOTE="Viewtiful-GaMeR"][QUOTE="disc0very"] So taking an extra 2 seconds is too much time for you?



2 seconds?How fast can you type?

Not really fast, but the difference between 'your' and 'you're' is quite minimal.
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#55 Tolwan
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The word "Grammar" is also mispelled a lot.

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#56 Denjin_hadouken
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Because they are lazy...to type an apostrophe and an 'e'
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#57 The_PirateKing
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[QUOTE="The_PirateKing"]~-~Lol yea, I see that alot. Their just bad at spelling and arent that smart witch I dont mind.:P~-~yungswift44
you spelled which wrong...i guess you're not to smart neither hahah sorryy needed to do it, i can actually care less about how you spell anything, as long as i can comprehend the message

~-~Uh... I also messed up "a lot"... and "they're"... and "don't"/ "aren't".:|... I did it all on purpose as a joke.~-~
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#58 NathanHawkins
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i tend to see "alot" a lot.
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#59 laineter
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They always thought that I am a weak person but they all wrong. :D
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#60 lucas_kelly
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Most people dont care how they spell things as long as people can read it.
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#61 soulsofblayck
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the you're messup is a thing of the past, the thing which REALLLY annoys me is when people say lose "loose". WTH? How is that possible?
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#62 double_decker
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Most people dont care how they spell things as long as people can read it.lucas_kelly
Message gotten accross.. == Success8)
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#63 The_PirateKing
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the you're messup is a thing of the past, the thing which REALLLY annoys me is when people say lose "loose". WTH? How is that possible?soulsofblayck
~-~.... Well maybe they're dyslexic and it took them a little while to figure out.:(....... :P~-~
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#64 kitty  Moderator
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bcuz ppl sometimes wanna write shorter words to type faster

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#65 yungswift44
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[QUOTE="yungswift44"][QUOTE="The_PirateKing"]~-~Lol yea, I see that alot. Their just bad at spelling and arent that smart witch I dont mind.:P~-~The_PirateKing
you spelled which wrong...i guess you're not to smart neither hahah sorryy needed to do it, i can actually care less about how you spell anything, as long as i can comprehend the message

~-~Uh... I also messed up "a lot"... and "they're"... and "don't"/ "aren't".:|... I did it all on purpose as a joke.~-~

uhhh my respond was a joke also...notice the "haha"
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#66 The_Vampress
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well...
1. English isn't their first language.
2. They've learned English and still can't grasp it, or
3. They enjoy pissing off spelling whores. Thus, doing it on purpose.

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#67 Devouring_One
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It's not really mispelled, just used in the wrong way. Maybe people just used that so much as a faster way to type that they don't know when to use which.
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#68 geodisicdome
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sometimes i do it just cos its quicker.
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#69 Mercury88
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Does it really matter....you understand what they mean anyway...
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#70 Media_geek20
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Yeah, it's a commonly misspelled word.
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#71 The_PirateKing
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[QUOTE="The_PirateKing"][QUOTE="yungswift44"][QUOTE="The_PirateKing"]~-~Lol yea, I see that alot. Their just bad at spelling and arent that smart witch I dont mind.:P~-~yungswift44
you spelled which wrong...i guess you're not to smart neither hahah sorryy needed to do it, i can actually care less about how you spell anything, as long as i can comprehend the message

~-~Uh... I also messed up "a lot"... and "they're"... and "don't"/ "aren't".:|... I did it all on purpose as a joke.~-~

uhhh my respond was a joke also...notice the "haha"

~-~I thought that was a laugh at my expense. Like, "haha self owned."~-~
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#72 craig828
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Genius is also mispelled alot.Carlos_Santana
alot isn't a word - it's a lot
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#73 yungswift44
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[QUOTE="yungswift44"][QUOTE="The_PirateKing"][QUOTE="yungswift44"][QUOTE="The_PirateKing"]~-~Lol yea, I see that alot. Their just bad at spelling and arent that smart witch I dont mind.:P~-~The_PirateKing
you spelled which wrong...i guess you're not to smart neither hahah sorryy needed to do it, i can actually care less about how you spell anything, as long as i can comprehend the message

~-~Uh... I also messed up "a lot"... and "they're"... and "don't"/ "aren't".:|... I did it all on purpose as a joke.~-~

uhhh my respond was a joke also...notice the "haha"

~-~I thought that was a laugh at my expense. Like, "haha self owned."~-~

lol oh naaw lol i can see why you thought that though
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#74 luke1889
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I've noticed this a lot of internet message boards like IMDB and here. People always say "your" instead of "you're". And the funniest thing is when a snobbish person tries to correct someone else's spelling, they almost always misspell this one word, "you're". Weird huh ;)digi_matrix
People are either lazy or stupid, neither of which is a good thing.
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#75 Link256
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Personally, I think their bigger problems to be dealing with as far as grammar and spelling errors are concerned, than mistake of switching between "you are" and "your."

Besides, in general, as long as I can understand what person is trying to say (as in, I do not have to read through something more than once), I do not really have problem with most any grammar and/or spelling errors.

And with that being said, for example, I personally think the bigger issue is when too many spelling and/or grammar errors occur - what they may (or may not) happen to be in that kind of instance is more of secondary issue, for my liking.

Edit: By the way, on the note of spelling and grammar errors, I know I am guilty of having some. I mean, my biggest one is that I will, at times, make is that I will mix up "are" and "our." Granted, I realize the meaning of their perspective definitions (are=place, our=ownership), however, regardless - when sentence appears to have context of both (at least, as far as my understanding is concerned), more often than not, I will make error in that regard.