ORLANDO, Fla.: Professor says teens' social media lingo hurts writing skills | Technology | NewsObserver.com - 1 views
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But some writing advocates say Twitter’s frugal word structure, Facebook’s short-post syntax and acronym-filled text messages are degrading writing skills.
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"Just the other day, I asked my students to write four lines of dialogue they had over the weekend," said Terry Thaxton, a University of Central Florida English professor who runs the summer writing camp Shelby attended earlier this month. "Three of them reached for their phones to read their text messages. They said they couldn't remember any face-to-face conversations." This part raises a good point.
