Grammar Is What Gives Sense To Language

Word Books Traditionally Focus On Unusual And Quirky Items. They Tend To Ignore The Words That Provide The Skeleton Of The Language, Without Which It Would Fall Apart, Such As 'and' And 'what,' Or Words That Provide Structure To Our Conversation, Such As 'hello.

Texting Has Added A New Dimension To Language Use, But Its Long-term Impact Is Negligible. It Is Not A Disaster.

In Effect We Are, Bending And Breaking The Rules Of The Language. And If Someone Were To Ask Why We Do It, The Answer Is Simply: For Fun

A Feature Of English That Makes It Different Compared With All Other Languages Is Its Global Spread.

Sending A Message On A Mobile Phone Is Not The Most Natural Of Ways To Communicate. The Keypad Isn't Linguistically Sensible.