Not only has IM surplanted face-to-face interaction for a large number of young Americans, IM is now destroying their ability to speak and write in the English language. According to James Billington, the US Librarian of Congress, "[the Internet] destroys the sentence, the foundation of the English language, with its diction-mangling chat rooms.” Things have gotten so bad that entrepreneurial companies are now developing software packages to reteach young Americans how to read and speak properly.
In case you don’t agree with Mr. Billington, what follows is a real life example of the complete and total wussification that is IM grammar--written by a young American male and taken directly from the Facebook:
In case you don’t agree with Mr. Billington, what follows is a real life example of the complete and total wussification that is IM grammar--written by a young American male and taken directly from the Facebook:
im good too.. wat abbou U?? lool! :P im not cuming b4 july.. not sure wen exaactly!! btw do u kno wen ur prom is?! didnt decidE? im goin to nyc i got accepted in NYU and ii cannt waii to goo live theRE!! :D:D i missed u all too.. cannt waiit till summer.. im sure its gnna be soo much fun.. newayz tc sweeety.. mwaaaah..;**
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