Negative Effects of Texting Texting negatively affects teen literacy because it promotes bad grammar and can encourage teens to continue using bad grammar and also poor spelling. Students don’t see the effect texting has on their writing skills‚ and the more they use it the more you get used to writing in textism form. Parents see the slang being used‚ but they don’t do much about it. Phone bills show that teens usually send and receive about 1‚800 text messages if not more per month. When
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Ken Nguyen Mrs. Richardson English 12 A4 January 30‚ 2013 Distracted driving Distracted driving is unsafe and irresponsible. In just a split second‚ its consequences can change people life forever. However‚ as the technology level goes up‚ cell phone is the main devices that can use anywhere and anytime to get people connect together. People who violate distracted driving laws should be punished on the same level as DUI drivers. There are a lot of people get killed each year because of the
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Texting is constantly changing our language. It is a relatively new worldwide phenomenon that is an example of language in evolution. The use of abbreviations‚ digits and the general absence of any vowels has changed the way we can communicate with people and how we use the written word by mobile phone.There are critics however such as author John Humphrys who wrote I h8 texting he believes that texting is ruining our language and that it makes people lazy with how they write. By exploring and comparing
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Sinita L Acklin Mr. K. Smith ENG-093 18 Feb 13 Teenage Driving and the problems that occur.. Imagine you just hit a car head-on. It’s probably because you are under the influence. This is why experts say the driving age should be raised to age 18. The minimum driving age differs from state to state. The lowest driving age in the United States is 13. That is in the state of Nebraska. You have to be thirteen years old qualify for a “farm husbandry permit.” The 13 year
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What is the Effect of Texting on Teenagers? Cell phones are becoming a modern day necessity‚ to the point that they are a must have for every teenager and adult. Human beings are growing increasingly attached to these devices‚ depending on them more and more for their communication with other people‚ job duties‚ and other daily activities that they must accomplish. One way that we are taking advantage of cell phone technology at a rapidly growing rate is through the use of text messaging.
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September‚ 5th‚ 2014 Texting: Is it A Linguistic Evil? According to the Nielsen survey‚ which was conducted in December‚ 2011‚ a teen sends teens send an average of 3‚417 texts a month. Nowadays‚ texting has become the most preferred form of communication among people‚ especially the young generation‚ because of its convenience. Meanwhile‚ as texting is becoming more and more popular‚ it touches off a worrying issue that our society is really concerning about: Does texting harm our traditional writing
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Distracted Driving Hodges University ENG1101 Dr. Wesley Boozer August 12‚ 2013 Driving is supposed to be an experience that is enjoyable and safe. It’s not supposed to be one where the operator of the car is doing everything in the car but paying attention to the road. You drive your vehicle for a reason. It may be for running an errand‚ going to your job‚ or going to a friend’s house. Your vehicle should not be where you are putting on your make up‚ eating or drinking‚ changing the
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A Self Driving Car is smarter than a human because it can do things faster than we can do. When we do repetitive tasks we tend to become easily distracted and the result is that people text‚ eat‚ fall asleep‚ etc. Self-driving cars are able to maintain the same level of alertness 100% of the time. Of the self-driving cars already on the road‚ there is a clear track record of safety with the majority of accidents being the result of human errors from the other drivers. Self-driving cars would
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Calling Versus Texting Cell phones are a necessary communication tool for us on this era. We can not even think about a life without the cell phones now. It is the most reliable‚ quickest‚ and economic communication method and for this reason‚ everyone is almost depended on this device. We can communicate with each other with cell phones by two different ways. One is by calling and the other one is texting. Although the main output of these two different ways is communication and that’s why they
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When driving‚ the risk of crashing is always a possibility; however with a cell phone in your hand the risk is four times greater. Using a cell phone while driving has become a big problem in areas around the globe and is reckless driving. Keisha Wall‚ a nineteen year old girl learned her lesson after she killed Christine Lyon‚ while reading a text message in Southeast England. Wall Claimed she had her hands on the wheel‚ but the evidence showed that she received and sent a message at the time of
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