Blog assignment 7
Essay(I chose):
A Way With Words, or Away With Words: Effect of Texting and Iming on Language.
By Timothy Barranco.
Many today’s youth use various contractions to shorten messages so as to send their words to others by a more convenient way. The impact of txt(the author used txt for “texting language”) on schoolwork and language skills is not as huge as people think. However, txt is a natural and necessary evolution of the language. The reasons provided by the author are: first, the words used in shortenings are less than 3% of the whole word data. Second, people who use the txt must master language enough before using. Third, the bad habits developed are short-lived. Fourth, the range of using txt is quite narrow. Fifth, the author himself used txt less frequently than in years, for he mainly meet or talk with formal people, such as professors, businessmen, and other adults who would disapprove of his using txt. Sixth, using txt is not the first time, for it happened before with agreement, and there was no bad result.
The types of evidence the writer present to support his claim are: statistic gathered from researchers, arguement provided by himself, datas from books, datas from magazine, experience of himself, evidence from dictionary and examples raised by scholars and researchers.
I think this essay is quite persuasive, and I totally agree with the author. There are plenty of evidences, arguments, datas, examples and experiences provided by the author, and all of them are persuasive and vaild. This is a great essay.
