because typing with poor grammer is more common on phones. lol.
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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Cell phone grammar is primarily the absense of grammar. The thumbtyping generation has lost the ability to communicate in a precise, concise manner.
Sadly this also reflects other problems like attention deficits and horrible argumentation skills.
If people want to abbreviate their words and phrases when they’re texting or whatever, fine. Skip the capitals and punctuation, fine. But it is never rude to use proper spelling and grammar, even when texting. Your friends need to unplug, read a book, and enrich their fucking brains.
It's not rude, it is polite. But friends want to be close to each other, not polite
I'm not sure if it's part of the reason, but you're sentences are all rather short, therefore the periods and commas are repeated a lot.
Because those of who grew up communicating a lot via the written word stopped feeling beholden to type using classic grammar rules like ending every sentence of every communication with a period no matter what.
The entire purpose of language is to express yourself, and people started noticing that their texts sounded friendlier if they sounded less abrupt, so they started typing that way.
You type according to traditional essay writing rules which is how older people learned to write, younger people learned to focus on producing natural sounding language and conversation.
I guess because people under 20 type like illiterates that if you type correctly, using proper punctuation and spelling and what not, they assume you have to be older.
Brodie tf u generalizing all us u20s for?
I had to read this three times to make sense of your grammar; so now I assume you're under 20. ;-)
I don't want to agree. Also, I often agree.
The idea of periods being rude or something is moronic.
I've never had one, but they seem to be assholes in general. Cramps, bleeding, unwanted hormone surges.
It's simply linguistic evolution, and I find it interesting how the internet has shaped language. Writing on the internet tends to be very short and conversation-like, so if you want to get a point across there's no need for a full stop. This meant, that when people put full stops at the end of messages on the internet, it started being seen as more formal and serious, which became a tone marker
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Well, I only know that people who don't end their sentences properly sound like rambling idiots.
end their sentences properly
Well, with the justice system these days...
I'm guessing you're in your forties or fifties
True.
no offense, but mature people wouldnt ask this question. its attention-seeking behavior often found in children.
What does this have to do with maturity? The post didn't even seem like it came from insecurity, merely curiosity.
There's a linguistic shift happening where people tend to not use periods in short form communications (sms, dms, etc..). So older people who may not be as plugged in to the youth culture sill use them. So it only makes sense someone would be seen as older if they did.
E: avoiding certain wording. Nothing substantive.
I'd say it's more insecurity
I think it's trying to understand society and his place in it. These aren't bad questions. At a certain point you rather know where you fit and other people be damned. But at 19, your trying to understand how other people think still. You have your own thought process and are still getting used to other adults not processing information the way you do.
What an insensitive take
I'll say that, and I'll know from the downvotes just who needed to hear it.
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Because old people like me view written correspondence as less disposable. When jotting down personal notes, we don't worry about spelling or punctuation, but writing a letter? You double check that shit so there isn't documentation of how illiterate you are!
Youth grew up with texting. It's designed to be fast and efficient. Sup? OMG 👍 They just need to get the point across, it's not a grammar competition.
Neither is right or wrong, it's just a generational difference.
Well where else am I supposed to get my practice in for the Junior Grammar Rodeo
Young people focus on the tone they're conveying.
Old people focus on following the rules that were beaten into them as children for no reason.
That's a good way of framing it.
it's not a grammar competition.
While I agree that there's less of an expectation of grammar, informal text communication has definitely developed grammar of its own. OP mentioned full stops, for example — ending a message with one is a tone marker now
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Older people grew up writing less than younger people have, because of texting, so they’re more accustomed to taking their time with the proprieties of grammar. Younger people began using grammar as a tone marker differently from how it had previously been used, so they tend to see a bigger difference between “no” and “No.” as an answer to a question than older people do. For younger people, the latter tends to seem more abrupt and final, which could come across rudely.
accustomed to taking their time
Taking time to do it right? What fucking losers. Wait; why did my heart monitor stop workin--------
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I am only assume it’s because your written communication is of a higher standard than your contemporaries. Keep it up.
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The way you type is like any other form of self-expression. If others want to read into it or decide they don’t like it, that’s on them. Type however you like and don’t give it another thought.
YES IM JUST EXPRESSING MYSELF, ITS TOTALLY EVERYONE ELSES FAULT FOR FEELING OFF-PUT BY MY TYPING STYLE. THERE DEFINITELY ARENT SOCIAL NORMS AND CONTRACTS THAT WE ALL FOLLOW TO BE ABLE TO EASILY AND ACCURATELY COMMUNICATE.
TYPE HOWEVER YOU WANT BROTHER AROOOO
I don’t see how typing style is much different from things like slang or making references. If you can be understood by the people you’re communicating with, great!
I agree with you there, but the key is the last part about being understood. In OP's case they're insisting on using a formal writing style that makes the average person perceive their message with an unintended tone.
@magnetosphere I feel like society imposes way too many rules that don’t make sense, hence they cause lots of misunderstandings like this. I’m not sure if it’s the English graduate in me or what, but I always write on the Internet as though I was speaking to someone, and I’ve never really thought about it, although I’ll be honest and admit my own guilt in criticizing other people‘s writing styles. But that’s more the English grad side of me, not shutting up I think.
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This forces my own question
People can tell my age just by my punctuation or lack thereof?
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If it makes you feel any better, this is the most 19 year old post ever.
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