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So I've been noticing a trend lately.
Every thread I go to, I see people from countries where the people don't natively speak english use (semi)perfect grammar and spelling, while I see Americans making mistakes left and right.
What's the reason for this, if there even is one?

Autocorrect. Autocorrect often pluralizes a singular word or changes present tense to past tense or just plain mangles my sentences. I have no idea why. Good old fashioned typos are easier to spot and correct and don't change the nature of a sentence.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Autocorrect. Autocorrect often pluralizes a singular word or changes present tense to past tense or just plain mangles my sentences. I have no idea why. Good old fashioned typos are easier to spot and correct and don't change the nature of a sentence.

for most little mistakes, yes, but I often see Americans (users with American flags, anyway) using the wrong your and there instead of they're and their. I've even seen one someone mix up here and hear once.

EDIT:
I love your avatar.

I don't speak in perfect grammar, but usually I try to type with good grammar. Other times my grammar is esque due to little quirks in the way I talk.

Go to Historum, and you'll see the complete opposite.
http://historum.com/

 jer155 wrote:
So I've been noticing a trend lately.
Every thread I go to, I see people from countries where the people don't natively speak english use (semi)perfect grammar and spelling, while I see Americans making mistakes left and right.
What's the reason for this, if there even is one?

It's not just native English speakers but pretty much native language speakers/writers. It's an observed phenomenon by Linguists that people who grew up with a language actually have a weaker understanding of the rules of said language than someone who learned it as a second, third, etc. In our heads we know exactly what we're saying, then when we read back over the sentence because we know exactly what we're saying we overlook errors. Someone who is a non-native speaker I think has a more methodical internal process where they tend to think of what they want to say in their native tongue, then translate that into the non-native. Plus, native speakers come up with slang and other short cuts for saying things (vernacular) that can violate or ignore formal rules, that non-native speakers who probably mostly use the language only in specific circumstances never develop or have no use for.

 jer155 wrote:
So I've been noticing a trend lately.
Every thread I go to, I see people from countries where the people don't natively speak english use (semi)perfect grammar and spelling, while I see Americans making mistakes left and right.
What's the reason for this, if there even is one?

We're all weak willed and stupid?

I know I'm too busy eating a steak and shooting my assault rifle to type with two hands.

Because Americans vastly outnumber any other group here, so you have a wider spectrum of ages, attitudes and educations than across other groups.
Internet is readily accessible to most Americans, so there's a greater cross-section visible.

I type with a accent, don't be a hater on the coast. People go missing in the ocean all the time lol.
Plus you are talking about a people who removed the you from alot of words because of imbarassing typos by fore fathers lol.

Ah, widespread judgments. Those are always fun. Accusing of misspelling but not for being obese or gun crazy? That's a first.

 jer155 wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Autocorrect. Autocorrect often pluralizes a singular word or changes present tense to past tense or just plain mangles my sentences. I have no idea why. Good old fashioned typos are easier to spot and correct and don't change the nature of a sentence.

for most little mistakes, yes, but I often see Americans (users with American flags, anyway) using the wrong your and there instead of they're and their. I've even seen one someone mix up here and hear once.

EDIT:
I love your avatar.

*For

If you're going to make sweeping statements about a nation and their grammar, you better be impeccable.

Oh snap!

OgreChubbs wrote:
I type with a accent, don't be a hater on the coast. People go missing in the ocean all the time lol.
Plus you are talking about a people who removed the you from alot of words because of imbarassing typos by fore fathers lol.

Four*


Anyways, I think it's in part that what LordofHats was saying is right on the money. Combine that with how a lot of our young'ins do the shorthand texting, you're bound to see a fair bit of typos.