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> Every once in a while, I'll get an email or IM from one of them, or
> from kids of other friends (I'm working with two teenagers to teach
> them how to put up a simple web) and I'm appaled at the lack of
> structure, lack of grammar or punctuation, continuity, run-on
> sentences, and spelling. Everything is reduced to the minimum number
> of characters; ur for your, u for you, etc. I understand the purpose
> of shorthand, but for those that are at the stage of learning complex
> composition, are they able to keep the two separate?
> For all intents and purposes, this generation is the first generation
> that is learning to write online. Not having kids, I don't know if
> what I'm seeing is typical of the group, yet when they need to, are
> able to compose sentences with nouns, verbs, and periods, or if this
> is going to become the standard way of communicating once they get
> into the workforce. If the later, what is this TW field going to
> evolve into?
I can testify that my daughter (age 15) sits at the computer with a big
dictionary at her side and she and her friends pick on other chatters who
use bad grammar or spelling or who are inarticulate. They have particular
fun with one guy who wants to shock/scare by making people think he is a
devil worshipper, but spells it Satin instead of Satan. After months of
ribbing he still doesn't know why they make jokes about him loving smooth
and shiny things. Maybe she'll become an editor. :-)
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