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Originally Posted by HarryT
If a younger audience is incapable of understanding standard English vocabulary and grammar, that would concern me greatly. Children need to be able to read (and write) "standard English" because doing so is a vitally important skill for later life.
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You are absolutely right in my opinion, but then we are from a different generation. I'm not saying they wouldn’t understand it, I'm asking why would they bother. If textspeak is the future of writing, is it necessary for the younger generation to learn grammar in the same way that we did?