Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts, but then again, do you think about those things when you talk?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.
Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.
I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.
Texting is a lot like an answering machine. If you don't want to talk to somebody, it's like screening your calls. To me, it's a way of communication, but not one that I favor.
Texting has reduced the number of waste words, but it has also exposed a black hole of ignorance about traditional - what a cranky guy would call correct - grammar.
I am always texting!
I think when you're starting up a situation, it's really fun texting or BBMing or whatever.
Texting is addicting. Once you get emotionally involved with constant outside stimulation assaulting your brain, it is hard to stop looking at your machine every two minutes. Without rapid fire words appearing on a screen, you feel bored, not part of the action.
Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language.
Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.