Why do so many HubPages users ask questions in extremely broken English?
The users seem to have American or English names, but many times the questions make no sense whatsoever. And, many times, other users try to answer the questions anyway!
asked by teendad 3 months ago
flagngureco says
Many American HubPages users ask questions in extremely broken English because of:
1. They are limited by a maximum of 100 characters in asking the question.
2. The hubpages Q&A editor has no autosuggest dictionary
3. It’s not possible to edit a question once posted
4. What you call "extremely broken English" may be the “keyword” needed by the user asking the question
5. They are in a hurry and they don't care. Do you pay them?
6. There are some (not all!) American who are good in spoken English but poor in written English – they are also humans.
7. Hubpages allows you to ask any question you like - there is “freedom to write” here at Hubpages.
8. Hubpages may initially have targeted American readers but currently it has grown so big that they now target the international readers and writers
9. Still, over 95% of all questions are written in acceptable English language
Flightkeeper says
Often times it is because the HubPage user has English as a second language so they may not be familiar with American colloquialisms and the grammar might not be appropriate. HubPages is available worldwide although the English language is the only one that is used. I think it's actually nice that they try to engage in a website where they have difficulties with and try hard to use a foreign language.
guidebaba says
Would you mind if I answer your question? Well, they use poor English maybe because they are not well educated or they did not go to a good school. Financial problems could be a reason. Many of them use western profile names because they think western people don't give much importance to people from the east. What do you say?
teendad says
guidebaba, I'll entertain your theory, however, I do see questions like:
i am 22 years of age single, from Nigeria. i need your help in my collage.
This user did not have a western profile name, but we all know this individual is neither pursuing higher education nor French paper crafts. Such questions just adds to the amount of spam on HubPages.

mpchekuri says
hubpages is used by users from world wide and every body may not be knowing english. But they would like to communicate with world.
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