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There's one punctuation mark Gen Z wants you to stop using. Here's what it is—and why it's falling out of favor.
For Gen Z, though, this lack of care for punctuation goes beyond casual text messages. One millennial wrote about how frustrated she feels when reading school essays and seeing teens leave out ...
Smartphones, tablets, computers and televisions have eroded the influence of print newspapers, and texting has rendered punctuation, grammar and complete sentences as relevant as Edgar Bergen.
It's no secret that text messaging has changed the way we communicate, but it has also changed the meaning of sentences, punctuation, and grammar. So, we want to know, does proper grammar matter ...
Instead, Punctuation Without Tears keeps the tone light and practical. After a brief chapter on the purpose of punctuation, followed by another setting out three golden rules, the book devotes a ...
Text message slang 'invading GCSEs and A-levels' as teenagers abandon basic grammar and punctuation. By LAURA CLARK, EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT . Published: 21:00 EDT, 22 October 2012 | Updated: 02: ...
WHAT is punctuation? According to Concise Oxford English Dictionary, punctuation means “marks, such as full stop, comma and brackets, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and ...