In Effect We Are, Bending And Breaking

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

The Story Of English Spelling Is The Story Of Thousands Of People - Some Well-known, Most Totally Unknown - Who Left A Permanent Linguistic Fingerprint On Our Orthography.

Grammar Is What Gives Sense To Language .... Sentences Make Words Yield Up Their Meaning. Sentences Actively Create Sense In Language. And The Business Of The Study Of Sentences Is Grammar.

Spellings Are Made By People. Dictionaries - Eventually - Reflect Popular Choices.

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