Messages may corrupt the language

When texting with a mobile phone, many teens use acronyms, short sentences, slang or remove unnecessary words to save time or express the 'coolness'. For example, students in the US often use

The teens' right grammatical writing ability decreases if they text too many phones.

When texting with a mobile phone, many teens use acronyms, short sentences, slang or remove unnecessary words to save time or express 'coolness' . For example, students in the US often use 'gr8' instead of 'great' , or shorten 'would ' to 'wud'.

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Because thinking is dominated by short sentences, words in SMS messages
Students tend to write grammatical sentences in the learning process.

To understand the impact of phone messaging habits on language ability, Drew Cingel, a Northwestern University researcher in the United States, suggested a Pennsylvania middle school student group complete a grammar test. He then asked the students to fill out a questionnaire about the number of messages they send and receive each day, their views on the importance of messages, the number of acronyms in three new messages. most they received or sent, Livescience said.

The results of the test and the survey show the link between language skills and the level of messaging. The number of sentences, words shortened in messages that students receive or send more, their lower grammar scores. This situation shows that students are influenced by the misguided messages that they create or read daily.

'In other words, if you send a child a message with many acronyms, it is likely that the child will imitate that writing. Mimic behavior will affect children's language skills, such as the ability to use words and grammatically correct sentences , "said S. Shyam Sundar, who co-conducted the study with Cingel.

Update 18 December 2018
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