It's an Abomination!

It’s an Abomination!

                There is so much controversy surrounding grammar, spelling, and that language over-all is being ruined by texting. “Texting is not really writing at all” says John McWhorter in a TED Talk I recently watched.
  https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk#t-133449

Some consider texting as “fingered speech” instead of actual writing, while others still consider it writing. I am certain some in the past have opposed new methods of grammar or words when they were first introduced. Taking the “fingered speech” approach, for the first time ever we are capable of writing how we speak in real time. If we look back at how language and writing has developed we can see the evolution through time. Is texting one of those incidences?

http://community.cengage.com/GECResource2/info/b/bus_comm/archive/2013/05/30/does-texting-hurt-grammar

As a student, I hate working in groups simply because I have to go back through my younger peers portions making ridiculous corrections on written work that should be formal. Not only is this frustrating, but it is time consuming and complete garbage that I have to do other’s work so I don’t have to worry about my grade.

People lack ambition and self-pride, they have become lazy. People everywhere, everyday have become so complacent about how they speak, write, and carry themselves that others can hardly understand what the other is saying. The sad part is that they don’t even care what people think.

I recognize that everything evolves and becomes more complex or “efficient” but an understanding needs to be grasped in order to maintain a professional setting. Let’s face it, we are not writing contracts or laws in “finger speech” and the line needs to be defined.