Editorial+Piece

Language Arts 8H Caroline von Nostitz Editorial Writing Piece October 25, 2011

 __How is txting takin its toll on the corect use of languag?__  We all know how much technology has become part of our lives. We use it every day because it helps us to have more resources about the world more quickly. In particular, we use our phones everyday. For everyone who has a phone, the main thing people do on them is text others. They were designed to make our lives easier, but are they really ruining our English language?  When young children are exposed to the faulty way to spell and use of improper grammar, will learn and remember it that way? In the dictionary, words like, LOL and OMG, have created their own spot in a new version of Webster’s Dictionary. We are becoming lazy with the growing problem, and it is affecting everyone’s grammar and spelling. We do not want our future movers and shakers, passing on the wrong way to spell. Texting is making children do poorly in school, and even if they can switch their “texting language,” they will only use their right English skills for school and nothing else.  Continuing to do this will make us teach the incorrect way to future generations and not the way our language was created and intended to be used. We do not want our children passing on the wrong way to spell and using improper grammar. If we do not stop this problem now and learn the right way to speak and write without using spell check, our language will become lost in shortened and numbered words.  To stop this problem now, we must act quickly and efficiently. First, we must put an app on all phones, so as to not allow the user to use incorrect language when texting/emailing. In every school, teachers cannot take misspelled/misused writing as acceptable. Also, if we teach our young students, the proper way to write, then they will be less apt to use it incorrectly. Come on people! Quit being lazy and stop using shortened words/phrases instead of spelling out the whole word. Would it kill you if you lost another second, even if it is for the better of our language?  So, the next time you text, think about the correct way to use English. Using it the wrong way, time after time, can create negative language habits. Is this the kind of credit we are going to give to the creators and editors of our language, by throwing it all away? Do we really want to just use acronyms and abbreviations to speak to one another? Speaking like this will make us lose respect for others when we communicate with them, and it will destroy everyday life. We must not get to the turning point, and stop this mess before it is too late!