IM Ruins Your Grammar? Maybe not…
… linguists Sali Tagliamonte and Derek Denis studied over 70 Toronto teenagers and compared their use of language both in speech and while using instant messaging. They will present their research at the Linguistics Society of Canada and the United States Annual Meeting on August 2.
The study finds that instant messaging language does mirror patterns in speech, but that teens, surprisingly, are actually using a fusion of different levels of diction. Teens are using both informal forms that their English teachers would never allow, yet they also use formal writing phrasing that, if used in speech, would likely be considered “uncool.” http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/060731-2474.asp
OMG lolz!!!!@#!!; I have to agree with this study, why? I don’t know.