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    of technology progresses and texting is used daily‚ it has become evident that texting is indeed killing language. Words are being abbreviated or spelled incorrectly. Furthermore‚ people aren’t paying attention to grammar nor proper capitalization and punctuation. The use of emojis in texting has also played a major role in the deterioration of language. People have poor spelling due to abbreviations‚ seem to ignore punctuation‚ and proper grammar usage.

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    perception of using MSG

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    The perceptions of First Year HRM Students About the Use of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) Antenor Cruz‚ Paula Balane‚ Rachel Carola‚ Camille Rada‚ Jacquelyn Chapter 1 Introduction Background of the Study The researcher chose this topic because most of us have this in our home and not being aware of the effects to the human body. The researcher would like to know the opinions freshmen HRM student because will become

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    "It’s kind of funny because ’LOL’ now means ’laugh out loud.’ But when I was a kid‚ we would write ’LOL’ on notes and stuff to our friends and it would mean ’Lot’s of Love.’ Whenever I read that‚ I still find myself thinking ’Lot’s of Love’ and then I’m like ’No‚ Laugh out Loud!’ It’s kind of funny‚" said Lane laughing (Lane 2010). By shortening words are we working faster or just being bone idle? The online communications through social networking sites such as Yahoo messenger‚ Msn messenger‚

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    communicate better. In this essay I will be looking at both sides of the argument and trying to come up with a conclusion as to whether texting is actually destroying the English language. Arguments against this statement are varied; some believe it helps the children communicate more effectively. As a child communicating by text can be seen as ‘cool’ i personally believe it’s just a trend that like others will come and go. At the moment the trend of text message language is very popular and with most

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    Language Shapes Our Personality Can language shape our personality? Tongues we use are indispensible factors of us. If you think about it‚ human beings use the tool in form of language in every possible aspect of life. In school‚ at home‚ while watching TV‚ playing sports‚ reading books‚ at the store‚ even on the walk. It is also a part of one’s heritage‚ cultural belonging and ethnic identity. Language surrounds us from every possible direction. It would be “silly” to say it has no influence

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    Age of Texting

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    there is an article titled I h8 txt msgs: How texting is ruining our language where a professor at the University of Wales‚ David Crystal‚ gives his views on texting and how it affects our language. He also points out the points of view from others as well as give examples to earlier times where people were always quick to be fearful and judgmental whenever a new language related ‘phenomenon’ was introduced to the world. Later he begins to point out his own view and how texting also helps our language’s

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    Dialects refers to how words are pronounced. Your demographic location and social class can affect your dialect; how you pronounce and say certain words. I am from Texas and when I speak you can easily hear my southern accent so I identify with other texans. Also‚ jargon’s that are used can help classify individuals into a category. But I think to answer your question language helps to define individuals easily because when a person speaks it is very easy to detect where they might be from and also

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    our language our identity

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    Identity can be perceived through language; is one of the many ideas that are illustrated throughout Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”. The language you speak is a part of your culture‚ and your culture is what defines a person the most. Living in a country that is seen to be melting pot of many cultures and heritages‚ you are bound to encounter someone of another culture but that doesn’t mean we suppress their ability to represent who they are because of their lack of knowledge pertaining

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    India and many Asian countries are subsidized by government and controlled through price ceiling rules. High oil prices are here to stay in the long term and would require all of us to adapt our personal finances. But before we look at how to cope up‚ we need to know why the oil prices have risen so sharply and how this oil shock is different from the previous ones. Reasons of hike in Oil price Speculative trading Traders bet on future prices of oil through commodity exchanges. If there is a natural

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    Professor Michael Mannion English 12 A 27 October 2013 Is Texting Ruining The English Language? In this weeks video John McWhorter talks about texting. John studies how language has evolved -- and will evolve -- with social‚ historical and technological developments‚ in addition to studying and writing about race in America. He argues that we always hear texting is a negative decline or fall in serious literature or writing ability. That texting ruins someone’s ability to write or speak in a grammatically

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