Texting -- trading written messages over cellphones and other devices -- is changing the way people communicate‚ (Janet). Editor Debra Nussbaum writes in an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer that by the early 2000’s Americans sent more than two trillion texts a year‚ by 2007‚ texting had exceeded phone calls by a long shot. This has definitely made a huge difference in the way people communicate with each other. To get a letter in the mail is pretty rare today especially knowing that a text
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Editorial New Laws against Texting while Walking Will Rogers once said “You can’t legislate intelligence and common sense into people." However‚ you can try. After recent incidents involving distracted pedestrian accidents‚ New York and Arkansas are attempting to outlaw texting or listening to music while walking‚ or cycling. It may seem a little bit ridiculous‚ but after Cathy Cruz Marrero’s infamous fall into a mall fountain‚ these means may be necessary. Have you ever tripped while
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Let me tell you‚ that according to the Distraction.gov (official U.S. Goverment website for distracted driving)‚ Texting is the most alarming distraction because it involves manual‚ visual‚ and cognitive distraction simultaneously. If it’s so dangerous‚ why do people do it? Some people still don’t know how dangerous distracted driving is. Others know about the risks of texting while driving‚ but still choose to do so anyway. They make the mistake of thinking the statistics don’t apply to them
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Texting and driving may come off as just a thing that happens and its "no big deal" if we can get anyway with it. Some lives are being taken away by it and we need to take this into consideration. One reply your made to a friend‚ or family member it could leave you dead or someone else. An example of this is Ashley’s story which is a story of a girl would was texting and driving and ended up dead. Something as simple as "yeah" in a text lead to the death of a girl named Ashley in March 2010‚ Ashley’s
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Humphrey says. He merely establishes the main point‚ that text messaging is destroying English. Paragraph Two: DC also summarizes John Sutherland’s paper from 2002 which asserts that texting is an ugly‚ illiterate version of English. Paragraph Three: DC places Humphry‚ Sutherland‚ and others who criticize texting shorthand into a longer history of critics who have opposed new media for using language‚ such as telegraph‚ telephone‚ radio‚ and television. Paragraph Four: Initiates a history of
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Professor *** ENC 1101 online –Essay analysis June 18th‚ 2013 Texting while driving The use of the cell phone in today’s world while driving is becoming a concern for other drivers‚ pedestrians‚ as well as law enforcement and legislators. Cases of traffic accidents and/or fatalities involving a distracted driver by the use of this device have become more frequent and are starting to change the prospective on how this topic is being viewed. The comparison of driving while intoxicated by alcohol
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Cell phones have dramatically evolved and increased over the last few years‚ and because of this change‚ the use of talking and texting on the phone while driving has increased. While people are on looking for the next big thing in a cell phones‚ they fail to pay attention to the road that lies ahead of them. This could cause car accidents‚ fines‚ and endangering other drivers. Not only teen drivers are using cell phones‚ but older drivers too. The consequences are injury or death‚ or getting a
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Is texting Ruining the English Language. [Youth Radio]. Available from: http://www.youthradio.org/news/is-texing-ruining-english-language [accessed 4 June 2010] Author‚ A. N.‚ untitled. [accessed
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Texting and Driving ELLUMINATE SESSION RESPONSE QUESTIONS Student Name: _Beverly Louis__ DATE OF SESSION:__6/26/15____ NAME OF INSTRUCTORS: Mrs. Gunning and Mrs. Johnson What did you learn about cell phone use while driving? - I learned that driving and using your cell phone is bad and can cause fatalities. What are some solutions to solve the problem of cell phone use while driving? If you need to use your phone‚ you can pull over and use your phone. You can also check your phone at a red
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not due to big businesses‚ but because it is one form of entertainment. Filipinos love talking. Filipinos love interacting so much he is using text messaging as a medium" ( 2000). It would be an understatement to say that text messaging‚ or texting‚ has revolutionized communication in the Philippines. It has successfully entrenched itself into the unique Filipino lifestyle‚ becoming an indispensable part of every Filipino’s life. Arguably‚ the most stellar contribution the cellphone has had
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