# Dramatic increase in spelling mistakes on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2013, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813 "2013-04-04T09:28:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/41 "2013-04-07T13:55:05Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I haven’t noticed a dramatic increase in spelling errors, but if there is one, I’d guess it’s largely due to more people posting from devices that don’t have real keyboards. I’ve actually stopped trying to post to the SDMB from my tablet, because it’s too easy to make a mistake and too hard to go back and fix it. I read the boards a lot on the tablet, but if I want to contribute to a thread, I’ll usually subscribe and then come back to it on a computer with a full keyboard, so I can do a better job. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/42 "2013-04-07T14:10:09Z")
I suggest the OP learn how to read better. When processing clusters of words, there’s little room to notice a misplaced letter here or there. Faster reading AND less annoyance is a win-win. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/43 "2013-04-07T14:16:01Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > I suggest the OP learn how to read better. When processing clusters of words, there’s little room to notice a misplaced letter here or there. Faster reading AND less annoyance is a win-win. I have to disagree. An elementary mistake can be glaring. No matter how many clusters you process. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/44 "2013-04-07T18:34:58Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > I suggest the OP learn how to read better. When processing clusters of words, there’s little room to notice a misplaced letter here or there. Faster reading AND less annoyance is a win-win. My cluster-process key doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/45 "2013-04-07T21:54:03Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I blame Typo Knig. Me to. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/46 "2013-04-07T21:56:01Z")
The only thing that really stands out/bothers me on this board is how even the posters with the best spelling and grammar misspell/mis-use “everyday/every day.” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/47 "2013-04-07T22:09:01Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > Auto correct can go straight to he’ll. Most defiantly. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/48 "2013-04-08T01:27:04Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I blame autocorrect. Wait till it makes you throw stuff down quarries. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/49 "2013-04-09T09:02:00Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > My biggest pet peeves include run-on sentences with nary a punctuation mark in sight, and absolutely no paragraph breaks to be found anywhere-the SolidWallOfTextSyndrome. And to make it worse these two sins usually occur together… I generally just skip such writing. It’s just too hard to read. And my pst experience is that it usually isn’t worth the effort to read it – people whose writing is such a disorganized mess usually have just as disorganized thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/50 "2013-04-09T09:34:57Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > How about perculator and esculator? Do those drive you as crazy as they drive me? I can see an esculator as being a Quebecois escalator used by sitting on your _cul_, like ass-sledging 'cept on the way up… but I think I don’t wanna know what a perculator is. > [@Ruken](#): > > I suggest the OP learn how to read better. When processing clusters of words, there’s little room to notice a misplaced letter here or there. Faster reading AND less annoyance is a win-win. Like hell. I read in clusters and one of the reasons I hate certain spelling errors is that they are the reading equivalent of pulling on the hand brake. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813/51 "2013-04-09T16:51:59Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I’m a gud spellar and grammatician, but suck at typing. I can 10 key by touch, but even after 25+ years of using a comptuter I still cannot touch type. I try to re-read my posts, but usually miss the errors until .00001 second after the edit time expires. Well, there’s [this thread title](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687578) that’s somewhat problematic. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dramatic-increase-in-spelling-mistakes-on-the-sdmb/654813.md?page=2)