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afa · 10-19-2011, 01:16 PM

I think I would agree with the connection. Anecdotal, I know, but I've noticed that the people I know who are heavy Facebookers/texters tend to have poorer written English. Of course, this does not constitute scientific evidence, by any means.

For my part, I tend to write long form all the time. Even my text messages look like... well, more or less what you see me write around here. I find that for me to write short-hand ("hw r u doin? wanna hv coffee 2nite?") takes more effort than simply writing in full. Even the examples I just wrote took me a full 15 seconds, at least.

I find that I have to consciously tell myself to disregard my natural inclination in order to write like that. Since I don't like it, anyway, I tend to just write in full. Commas, periods, capitalizations and all. I'm the only person I know who actually uses semi-colons while texting...

10-19-2011, 01:16 PM	#5
afa The Forgotten Posts: 1,136 Karma: 4689999 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dubai Device: Kindle Paperwhite; Nook HD; Sony Xperia Z3 Compact	I think I would agree with the connection. Anecdotal, I know, but I've noticed that the people I know who are heavy Facebookers/texters tend to have poorer written English. Of course, this does not constitute scientific evidence, by any means. For my part, I tend to write long form all the time. Even my text messages look like... well, more or less what you see me write around here. I find that for me to write short-hand ("hw r u doin? wanna hv coffee 2nite?") takes more effort than simply writing in full. Even the examples I just wrote took me a full 15 seconds, at least. I find that I have to consciously tell myself to disregard my natural inclination in order to write like that. Since I don't like it, anyway, I tend to just write in full. Commas, periods, capitalizations and all. I'm the only person I know who actually uses semi-colons while texting...