Is texting wrecking the English Language ?

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Is texting wrecking the English language?

My Opinion (Angus Davidson):

In my opinion, I think texting and using mobile devices is the future. Almost every adult or teenager has a mobile device, since over quarter of adults and teenagers in the UK own a smartphone. Texting has so many advantages because it’s cheap, quick and easy. However, there are even more ways to communicate quickly and easily like using Skype (face-to-face) on a webcam or chatting on a social networking site like Facebook, Twitter and Skype. Also, I don’t agree that texting is wrecking the English language. I think texting is doing the opposite. Lot’s of news articles show teenagers texting will improve

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their spelling  and use  of the English language. “A study of 88 British kids, aged between 10 and 12, has discovered that those who regularly text, have better reading skills despite the use of text abbreviations”.

So in conclusion, I think texting is improving our reading and spelling skills.

My Dad’s Opinion (Duncan Davidson):

I think texting is a lazy way to communicate between two people. It’s far easier to call someone and have a proper conversation because you can give 100 times more information in a short conversation then you can in pages of text.  Sometimes, ...

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