text messages Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/text-messages/ Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:31:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-WBP-FAVICON_7-32x32.jpg text messages Archives - Words by a Pro https://old.wordsbyapro.com/tag/text-messages/ 32 32 Is Technology Changing Our Language? https://old.wordsbyapro.com/is-technology-changing-our-language/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-technology-changing-our-language Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:29:09 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=1109 As the subject of much woeful head-shaking among English teachers and grammar snobs, text and Twitter lingo have long been blamed for ruining the way we now communicate. (Because we were such bastions of language excellence before, I guess? #scapegoat) Before I even start writing on this subject, I should give the disclaimer that I […]

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]]> Questions for a Language Ninja: This Post May Affect Your Use of “Effect” https://old.wordsbyapro.com/684/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=684 Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:37:04 +0000 https://old.wordsbyapro.com/?p=684 As a professional writer of web content, I am constantly fielding queries about what is and isn’t appropriate in terms of written communications and language use. Here are my responses to three of the most oft-repeated questions, one of which I didn’t just make up. Question: R txt msg abbs apropri8 4 wrk? (Are text […]

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