Yo, Can U Plz Help Me Write English?
from the and-again dept
Here's yet another article talking about how kids today are letting instant messaging language seep out into other forms of communications. This article, though, says that a number of parents are forbidding their kids from using instant messaging as a way to "solve" the problem. This seems a little extreme, and is unlikely to actually do much good. It's more important for the kids to realize what type of language is appropriate in which situations. I'm not sure if the poor grammar and language skills are really the "fault" of instant messaging, or teachers who haven't been able to properly teach the students to distinguish proper language from vernacular (whether online or off).
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Dialects of net-speak
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yeah!
You know I remember a time when memory was expensive and using shortcuts was innovative and necessary.
I recal stories of certain Atari programmers being paid $1000 for each memory chip they could eliminate in a final product.
In instant messages, grammer is rarely important. It's the content of the message that is important, so saving time and using shortcuts is perfectly logical.
SMS is an even better example.
Just make sure your kids understand the difference between formal and informal writing.
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Did you mean "let's ban people"?
> for being efficant.
efficient?
>I recal
recall?
>grammer is rarely important.
I believe grammar is quite important.
>Just make sure your kids understand the difference between formal and informal writing.
It could be that kids who do not practice formal writing end up sounding illiterate.
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It's defintiely a problem
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