Language is not a static that stays
the same throughout generations. It is a means of communication and involves different
stages of development. I agree with Andrea Lunsford, "Technology
isn't killing our ability to write". If we go back a couple of thousand
years, people used to communicate through drawings. On those old days, there was
no paper or pen instead they used caves' wall to put their ideas. I don't think texting dehydrated our language.
As language developed through many years, some words or expressions may not
give any sense to our generation. Any language may lose or gain some uniqueness
in its contents or characters. For example, many people have difficulties
understanding the King James Bible as it was written on 1611. Some of the words
are obsolete and non sense.
As Lunsford's study found, for me as
being part of the new generation, the best thing is getting the idea conveyed
to the reader. This should be the main thing we should have been concerned. The cavemen
expressed their ideas through sketches and drawings. Our generations also might
express our ideas and thoughts through texting. Nowadays, even some
business correspondence are informal for instance, I use
"FYI" to say "for your information". Who knows in future
people may write a letter or email just using short-forms?
As
we see in the picture below, sometimes texting doesn't make sense at all for
some readers. However, if the message goes to the right receiver it conveys a
message. Based on this picture and the article, I think any digital users need
to know to whom they are writing.
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