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Duh. Every single adult I've ever spoken to online has abandoned grammatical correctness.

Know why? It doesn't matter.

My sister has a business online and I know she uses proper English in her business correspondence, but in regular emails to family and friends she will slip into the text talk. burning_eyes

Drives me insane. domokun Especially since this woman has a degree, is an officer in the Air Force and has an IQ in the 200's !!! eek

I just don't get it. rolleyes

My sister who is my age, 20, uses text talk all the time on my cell phone. I have to go and delete all the messages she sends because I just cannot stand to see it in my phone.

My mom! She knows better. My mother is grammatically brilliant. She knows all the rules and all the advanced stuff that even I don't know. But when I received text messages from her, they are littered with "txt tlk". gonk

I think with some people, especially the ones who have to be professional all day, slipping into "txt tlk" mode online is equivalent to getting out of the business suit and slipping into a comfy pair of sweat pants at the end of the day.



i am very literate
You are? Well that's funny, because to me, it looks like you're missing something.
yeah what
The first letter of a sentence is supposed to be capitalized. All you need to do is hold down the Shift key while typing the letter.

When you write the letter "I" in reference to yourself, it is always supposed to be uppercase (same as capitalized).
Oh, I didn't know that Am I literate now
Almost. There's just one more thing you need.
[red]Yeah what
Punctuation. When your sentence comes to an end, it needs either a period (.), exclamation point (!) or question mark (?) (for questions only). Otherwise, it's not complete.
Oh, I get it! Thank you so much for your help. Now I'm truly literate!
it's not a problem. I'm glad I could be of help.

Capitalize those I's! Punctuate that sentence's posterior.

I highly, highly doubt she truly has an IQ of over 200, since that would put her as one of the most intelligent people to ever exist. Considering how IQ tests are normed, an IQ of over 190 would place a person at the 99.9999999th percentile.



How's this for an answer to why adults tend not to type correctly? They don't care, and justly so. Nobody cares except you lot. As long as what they type can be understood, it does not matter.

Actually, I agree wholeheartedly with Ezra. So long as you keep your insanely l33ted and txty grammar out of everyday face to face conversation, I won't shoot you in the face.

I agree. It bothers me to no end when people use improper grammar and spelling on official documents, advertisements, and basically anything that is seen by the masses as something that should be 'professional.' As far as texting on a phone, e-mail, IMs, and such, I have no problem with 'lol,' 'brb,' 'wtf' and other expressions. It really is annoying and pedantic to criticize someone who has (and generally uses) a firm grasp of the English language for using an occasional l33t-ism. Of course, if that's all someone ever uses for communication, that gets annoying.

Also, thank you for pointing out the bit about the IQ.