Everyone makes mistakes in their writing. As time progresses people are getting more lazy when it comes to constructing a piece of writing. Sloppy habits, writing with slang terms, and utilizing tools such as spell-check or grammar-check have contributed to the devolution of the English language. In the essay “I H8 TXT MSGS”, John Humphrys employs the appeals logos, pathos, and ethos, directed toward texters; to address the destruction of the English language by mainstream grammatical errors used in text messaging. Humphrys utilizes logos, persuading with the use of reasoning; through analogies and hard evidence to recognize the loss of English language by text messaging. Grammatically incorrect language is compared to Genghis Khan as it has “destroyed” the English language; “pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences;” and “raping our vocabulary” ( Humphrys 16). By applying the analogy of improper grammar and the Mongolian emperor, the writer effectively portrays the crudeness of texting that quell proper English. The loss of proper English led to the adaption of past grammatical rules, “changing the way we communicate, which means, that we no longer have time to reach for the hyphen key” (A. …show more content…
The writer instills devastation as his “lifetime love affair with the OED is at risk… falling victim to fashion” (Humphrys 6). This devastation is due to the loss of a rich dictionary. Grammatical errors have become mainstream; old English dissolves into a lazy communication by pop-culture and texting. Also Humphrys imparts a feeling of “betrayal” by the changing of the “precious dictionary” (Humphrys 10). The dictionary is changed, removing the hyphen because it requires one extra keystroke. The use of texting has resulted in laziness and betrayal of writing on the English
In her essay "Does Texting Affect Writing?", Michaela Cullington presents her argument that texting does not impact formal writing written by students. She discusses the concerns presented by many people about how texting language can transfer into writing, but through the use of personal experiences and credible sources she discusses how this is not true. Her use of multiple different studies and situations help boost her argument and allow the reader to truly see how students actually do formal writing. She presents a strong argument as to why those who believe students don't have the control and knowledge to write formally, instead of with text speak, are wrong.
In the article titled “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why,” published by Harvard Business Review on July 20, 2012, Kyle Weins claims as a business owner of two companies largely reliant on writing that good writers are more intelligent, are better at doing things completely unrelated to writing, and pay more attention to detail. Wein’s overall goal of the article is to show the connection between employees with good grammar and good work ethic. Wein’s is backing up his zero tolerance approach to bad grammar by showing these correlations. Potential employees may have prompted him to write the article because they felt his grammar test was unfair.
In “Our Language,” Oliver Kamm expresses his dissatisfaction with modern day pedants, who claim that people who apply the English language in a way that is different from the pedants’ idea of “Standard English” are incorrect. In 2008, Kamm, a British journalist and writer, became a leader writer and columnist for The Times, writing two weekly columns and acting as the newspaper’s editorial writer on economics, international affairs and culture (Authors, n.d.). Kamm studied at Oxford University, where he obtained a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics, and went on to achieve a master’s degree in politics at London University (O. Kamm, personal communication, December 7, 2015). He started his career off in the financial sector, and also
Not So Fast” Andrea Lunsford researched students’ writing for 30-plus years to see what effect new technology has on how students learn. Lunsford discovered that students are actually improving their own writing skills with the help of mass media. Not only does it allow students more access to educational resources and information, but it also encourages students to do more creative thinking and writing outside of class which Lunsford refers to in her article as “life writing.” In her research she recalls the account of a student who sent a friend a text message which was completely informal and would be considered unprofessional by most piers. However, the same student also sent a very formal and professional report to her faculty adviser later on.
George shows dissatisfaction with the changes experienced by the English language. He blames politics for this change but claims that these changes are reversible, and writers should take time when writing. He claims that through this, political regeneration is likely. George demonstrates how some individual writers misuse English in their work. Some use metaphors whose meaning they do not know.
In Politics and the English Language, George Orwell dissuades the audience from carelessness when writing or speaking the English language. Orwell points out that society has become comfortable with using “dead” metaphors, using complicated and scientific words when unnecessary, not being concise, and using the passive voice far too often. Orwell effectively calls his audience to action by utilizing the element of pathos. Orwell makes the striking point that many times, politicians use a “mashed-up mixture” of complicated words and phrases to conceal the true meaning of what they are saying. Many times, what these politicians want to say is too ghastly for the general populace, and so they use a
Proofreading is very important, especially now in today's world. In this modern time where we rely heavily on technology we tend to forget that technology is not always perfect. I'm quite sure that at one point or another we all have fallen prey to the mistake of the "predictive text" on the cell phone. For example, I have a friend who was posting on Facebook that she was excited to take her son to see some baby ducks. After hitting the "post" button she realized that the phone have changed the word ducks to a more profane word ( replace the "u" in ducks with "i" ).
The article discusses the parallels between Twitter, a popular social media platform, and Newspeak, a fictional language from George Orwell's novel "1984. " The author argues that Twitter and Newspeak share similarities in their impact on language and communication. Newspeak vocabulary grew smaller instead of more extensive, and Twitter created a generation that could not spell or examine information. The author raises concerns about the potential implications of these similarities on freedom of expression and the potential for manipulation of public opinion in the digital age. To comprehend Twitter's impact, it can be illuminating to examine Newspeak, the language in George Orwell's novel 1984, which is based on truncating and abbreviating
In chapter ten, author Jack Lynch spends vast majority of his time walking through the the evolution of dictionaries and the criticism behind them. Throughout this entry, one of the most discussed dictionaries was Webster’s dictionaries, which were published by a man named Noah Webster. However, when Webster had passed away in 1843 his dictionary was takeover and edited through a man by the name of Philip Gove. Gove came along to add thousands of different words that had seemed to be used more frequently than the words which he found to have died off in the past decade or so.
Applications and websites are changing the way we write. People write in short bursts on websites, blogs in commentaries and in texting. The result of this makes the commentary and comments are choppy and short. This ‘new’ internet language is like an new evolution of English for teenagers and adults, it is similar to the converting from Elizabethan English to modern English. The way of writing has permeated our daily lives and directly affects the way we speak and write.
The proper use and manipulation of the English language, a skill so difficult to learn, reaps a great deal of power when mastered. As hyperbolic as it sounds, being able to use and manipulate the English language properly into our writing and speaking can be very influential in advocating ideas towards a community. “As a speaker, you have some influence on the extent to which others see you as having authority” (Fontaine and Smith 13). To gain authority over an audience, one must write and speak with confidence and be skilled enough to use proper English: that is, following the standard rules of grammar, incorporating complex sentences and a wide range of vocabulary. In addition, the manipulation of the English language in writing and speaking, with as the use of figurative language and compositional techniques, makes the writing more persuasive and impactful.
In the 21st century, texting has become a common element in the art of communication; its popularity can be based on the increase in communication devices such as cell phones, personal computers, and tablets among others. Social media and social sites are a major contributor to the rapid increase of texting especially among generation Y. According to John McWhorter, a linguistic and writer by profession, texting cannot be entirely classified as a segment of writing, but has developed into quite a unique form of communication; speaking through writing. Although, educators and linguistics have picked out various damaging effects of texting in the development of language and writing skills, especially among students, texting however, could be viewed as the bridge between traditional language and writing and the future of language and writing. Thus, texting is an important element in the development of language, it is not a branch in writing, but an entity on its own that combines speech and text, aiming at developing language, as we know it.
Today many people believe that texting and other instant messaging programs are ruining the grammar and the knowledge level of the growing youth of this day and age. I believe that texting is not ruining our language and grammar because it has brought about advancements in technology and creativity, new words, and opening up new paths for communication. Many people believe that texting is a scourge of our generation but few believe that it help. Many new things have come to exist with the technological advances such as texting. some parents feel like the technology use is too important in a child 's life
Analysis Strengths SMS has been widely used by teens, teachers have noticed that the writing habits of students have undergone tremendous changes. Students are integrating short text messages or short forms used in instant messaging into school work. Teachers have to explain why it is unacceptable to use shortcut language in the business world, which becomes a problem. Texting and instant messaging not only caused language laziness but also created problems in other areas of adolescent life. SMS has many advantages, such as the ability for two people to talk without having to talk, thus eliminating the risk of hearing someone in public.
for living. This shows that English language not just a set of corpus, but more to the usage and the needs in real communication among the language users. Many of English language researches have investigated the content within ELC. For instance, IELTS Official Test Centre is a strong reference in evaluating and promoting English language by running English schools in Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Japan and so on, since 1988.