Hv u evr noticd hw som ppl send txt msgs l8ly? I lol’ed many times wen
I read som of the nonsense in the msgs. Ur
gonna laugh wen u c som of the things I’v seen. Am sure ur gonna av a gud time readn this.
Yes, this is our generation of grammar. It has overflowed to our
children. I was scrolling through my Facebook page when I saw a few posts. Some
of the posts were in an unknown hieroglyphic that I had to decode. I had so
much difficulty reading some of them that I got a headache attempting to
understand the ridiculousness of some of the posts. People have gotten so used
to writing “ur”
that they do not know the difference between “your” and “you’re.” Oftentimes I see persons replying “Your
Welcome” on a post, so my question is: What went wrong?
The abbreviated truth?
Laziness.
Our computers and phones are equipped with “auto-complete” so the
generation after me has no use for the grammar that will aid them in reading
and writing… the electronics do it for them. So when reading essays and some
e-mails, especially in the capacity of teacher, I get a monumental headache
trying to decode. I don’t believe there is a way to stop the epidemic but I
would urge parents and teachers alike to help their children to understand that practice makes perfect. If you practice bad grammar, then sadly, everything you type and write will be done,
sub-consciously, with improper grammar. I am guilty of texting this way
sometimes, but then, if texting a superior, I have to double check to see if I misspelled a word or if my sentence is properly constructed. Sometimes
it’s funny to see how people try to sound as professional as possible and in
the midst of the letter or text, you find the letter “u” or “ur” representing
the words “you” and “your/you’re.”
Jodi-Ann is an Environmental Studies major in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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