why am I finding so many illiterate people on eBay these days?

[from1981]

I don't know if I'm allowed to quote someone anonymously, but I feel lately as if I'm in the movie DELIVERANCE when on eBay.GEE, I'm not a snob & truthfully I hate snobs, my being in the wheelchair because of being hit by the drunk driver, but come on,    " version i collects" 

 

[kaoskat]

Alot of times, things like that are probably typos or a case of speed of typing and speed of thinking not lining up properly.

[Diamond]

Not all folks use browsers with spell check or spell check there listing.  Titles can be even funnier. 

[from1981]

hi,kaoskat. I know someone's who has a phone that does weird things, but that was in my personal messages &  it just sounds like an extreme case of bad grammar, the s is nowhere near the t, but if it's typed from one of those phones like my ex-local trading partner had, nothing would surprise me.
thanks, Diamond, I don't really know how to converse on shout though.
I'm off to post a few photos on my sales page.

[Eviecorn]

The occasional minor misspelling doesn't bother me so much as rampant grammar or punctuation errors.  This comes from an English teacher. 

[DoctorMowinckel]

If you want to see a torrent of grammatical fallacies go to the furniture section on Craigslist and punch in 'dinning table'.

[from1981]

But, "version I collects".
& my daughter thinks we're all hicks in Georgia, but this person isn't in Georgia,lol

[Winter Bones]

I only run into a truly horrid ebay listing once in a blue moon, and when I do I take my business elsewhere. Then again, I only buy on ebay, and truth be told I really don't want to find out what it's like to be a seller...

If you want to see a torrent of grammatical fallacies go to the furniture section on Craigslist and punch in 'dinning table'.

This. I avoid Craigslist listings at all costs. There are only so many misused possessive adjectives and run on sentences a human brain can tolerate; Craigslist exceeds that limit.

[Saja]

The amount of spelling errors I make when posting on her with my phone!! lol. Its the phone, not me. tho I have made mistakes in adverts and ebay etc, when Im in a hurry an my brain works over time an my fingers cannot keep up. You should try reading some of my emails to my friends! But yes, people that ramble incorrectly is abit annoying!

[melodys_angel]

Remember, some peole are ESL, too <3  Not everyone can speak English.

[Vintergatan]

Yes, I wanted to point that out too, not everyone has English as their first language even if they live an USA/UK/Australia etc.
That said though, it bothers me immensely when someone I know has English as their mother tongue can's distinguish between, say, their/there/they're. Or when someone uses a non English term or word the wrong way (like the butchered versions of "voilà" and "per se" that I've run across)

[melipuffles]

I always hate when people misuse the word "loose".

Especially in the sentence "I'm looking to "loose" weight."

No, no...you're looking to LOSE weight.

Also colon vs cologne, I see this a lot and it's hilarious.
"I love the smell of his colon!" ...I sure hope that you mean cologne, lady!

[little.fox]

I'm not sure why you'd get so worked up over this. Putting in an extra letter somewhere seems like an easy mistake to make, it certainly doesn't make them illiterate.

[Skeen]

I'm not sure why you'd get so worked up over this. Putting in an extra letter somewhere seems like an easy mistake to make, it certainly doesn't make them illiterate.

Exactly.

And as an added bonus, from1981, you've had at least one grammatical error in each of your posts in this thread. 

[Vintergatan]

Also colon vs cologne, I see this a lot and it's hilarious.
"I love the smell of his colon!" ...I sure hope that you mean cologne, lady!

LOOOL! i just saw this once in one of the meme page pictures, does it really happen? That is just...ouch!