Article 1 Response

The article by June Casagrande says, “Some people worry that high-tech communications are bringing down language standards. In a Twitter-centric world where people write ‘some1’ in place of ‘someone,’ these fears seem valid.” This quote really relates to me because when I get on things like Twitter and Instagram, I see things like that all the time. Then I start to wonder how much longer it really takes to actually spell out a word than to abbreviate it for no reason. From there I think about how their grammar on social media effects their school work. Do they have to stop and erase when they write “every1” instead of “everyone?”

Throughout the article, they discussed the grammatical errors of authors on a real estate-related website. I didn’t help me out too much because the mistakes made were very simple ones, such as using the number 3 instead of writing out “three.” I learned the rule about writing out numbers 1-10 a very long time ago. But as the article says, “That’s a tiny matter, of course. But little things add up.” This statement is so true. You turn in a “perfect” paper into your English class and it’s returned with tiny little red marks everywhere. These issues can be easily avoided through peer conferencing and reading your paper out loud.