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    lives are bombarded with things that require our undivided attention. An example would be meetings. These days people have a little time to spend on themselves‚ let alone on recreational activities‚ Such as communicating with friends. Texting‚ a revolutionary tool‚ has enabled people to minimize the time needed by the means of communication i.e. a phone call. However texting has come under fire for education for its potential to ruin our language. Texting should be seen‚ by educators‚ for its potential

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    John McWhorter‚ an author and linguist‚ once said “Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts‚ but then again‚ do you think about those things when you talk?” McWhorter makes a vital point at the end of his quote. He states that people generally do not think about adhering to proper grammar rules when they talk‚ so naturally people do not consider utilizing them while texting‚ which is essentially talking in written form. As a result

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    HOW DOES TEXTING AFFECT LANGUAGE Language change is a universal fact that occurs very regularly. If we go back‚ in all the existing languages‚ they are not the same as they were when they were first developed. If we think about it nobody talks the same as they use to 20 or 50 years ago. Language is the way people communicate with each other‚ express their feelings and emotions so since the world itself changes‚ it is inevitable for language to remain the same‚ for people’s way of communication

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    How does texting affect our lives?? There is no denying that instant text messaging is very important in our live. Most of us could not even imagine our daily life without texting. This is the quickest and easiest method of communication‚ most popular among young people. Several years ago to suddenly organize with friends was quite difficult‚ especially when our friends lived in different part of the city. Currently we need only a few minutes

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    Unit 5 txt s

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    the same beliefs. What‚ in your opinion‚ are the most important beliefs in Christianity? What defines a person as Christian or not Christian? In Christianity‚ I believe that acceptance is the most important. As for the more important ones I would personally think that equality and perception are up there. 3. Think of a famous Christian. How does (or did) this person’s beliefs and customs influence his or her actions? Patricia Heaton‚ she’s not shy about making her faith or her opinions heard. Born

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    THE EFFECTS OF TEXTING ON LITERACY: Is it corrupting language? 1.0 INTRODUCTION What’s SMS? SMS first appeared in GSM in about 1991. SMS later appeared in CDMA and TDMA networks. Mobile Origination (MO) - a key feature of SMS‚ allowing the user to originate SMS messages from the handset - has only became available to non-GSM users in 2000. Ask a kid anywhere in the world‚ he or she would tell it is form of talking to another person(s)‚ with a cell phone using letters and not words. SMS means

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    the passage‚ Kiss of the Fur Queen written by Tomson Highway‚ Highway uses rhetorical fragments and parallel structure to dramatically convey the story of Okimasis. The use of these devices help to draw the reader in and effectively expresses to them how and why Okimasis drives himself to win the World Championship husky race. In the short passage Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway‚ Highway writes of the hunter Abraham Okimasis desperately racing to the finish line with his team of huskies.

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    Unhuman Ever since I emerged from the womb‚ I was different. And it’s not the ‘gonna change the world’ different or having a disorder of some kind. I am different in the way I look. My mother got one look at me‚ after being born‚ and screamed with hatred‚ literally throwing me across the room. Seriously‚ I’m not joking about that. The doctors were even avoiding to touch me as I lay sprawled on the floor‚ crying. They believed I was diseased and I was of the devil’s creation‚ not human at all. Only

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    Avia Jay The video for Miley Cyrus’s wrecking ball sparked a major interest as it confronts very apparent and current events on the views of women. There is always an issue within the media on the way women are represented whether they’re gaining or losing weight‚ wearing or not wearing makeup or how they’re expressing themselves as individuals. In the Wrecking Ball video Miley Cyrus has eradicated her previous ‘queen of tweens’ persona and has fully embraced her sexualisation. Although feminist

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    These days cell phones dominates our life. It makes things much more convenient by enabling us to communicate others anywhere we go in a small amount of time. One of the most used functions on a cell phone is not the phone‚ but the almost instant text messaging. With the unlimited possibilities that one can do with texting‚ it is as popular as ever. This wonderful shortcut does have its downsides. Studies show how the radiation emitted from these phone can damage brain cells. It can take up a large

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