I'm going to start off by saying I absolutely hate texting. I'm a writer and a perfectionist so texting drives me crazy. My texts have full sentences with proper grammar. Texting language goes against all the rules I learned to write something properly. 

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My biggest pet peeve is when someone send a message that just says "k" instead of "okay" or "ok." I'll spend a good deal of time writing a nice text saying something and then all I get back in one letter! My best friend is guilty of this and drives me bananas! I hate hearing the ding of my phone getting a text and then rush to find my phone just to see the dreaded "k." I rushed for a "k!"

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I use to teach college and there was nothing sadder than a college kid who used texting language in a paper. For example one kid wrote about a funny experience they had for one of my essay assignments. They used the term "lol" after the funny parts.

Another time I had a girl use "u" instead of typing out the entire "you." I wanted to bang my head against the wall in frustration. High school must have failed the poor girl if she thought it was alright to use "u" in a college level essay. 

It really doesn't take much more time to use proper grammar when texting. Writing y-o-u isn't going to take so much time that it will destroy a person's day. At least don't use texting language in something important like college papers. You're just going to get a bad grade for that. I wish I could give my friend a grade F for sending me so many "k's."


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