[etni] Instant msg-ing messes with grammar? As if! lol!
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Instant msg-ing messes with grammar? As if! lol!
University of Toronto News
July 31, 2006
With 80% of Canadian teenagers using instant messaging and adopting its
unique linguistic shorthand, many teachers and parents are concerned about
the medium's potential to corrupt kids' grammar. But instant messaging
doesn't deserve its bad reputation as a spoiler of syntax, suggests a new
study from the University of Toronto.
(To read the whole article, go to -
http://www.etni.org/news/instant_msg.htm )
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