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Texting By Michaela Cullington Summary
This article was written by Michaela Cullington. She started off this article stating how texting was coming apart of our everyday lives. Afterwards, she gives a brief definition on what texting is and her own definition. She states that some believe by using these abbreviations will be hindering the writing abilities of students and how others argue that texting has positive aspects on writing.
After her brief introduction, Cullington presented the literature review sections for describing "concerns" and a "reply to concerns" about texting. In the concerns section, she cited researchers and teachers as concerned about grammar, the ability to write Standard English, by using short, undeveloped sentences and improper word choice. In the

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