Technology marches ahead, grammar gets worse

Text messages, email and the push for faster and more efficient communications are taking their toll on grammar, language experts believe, reports smh.com.au.

"Queensland University of Technology sociolinguistics lecturer Jo Carr today said people using email and SMS text messaging were unconcerned about grammar and punctuation".

"Grammar rules used to be an indication of social class and literacy in the past but today's society are doing things differently because language today serves the purpose of speed and social interaction," she said.

For more on texting side affects, cf Do you Speak SMS category in Textually.

emily | 6:03 PM | SMS and Students |
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