Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
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Not nearly as informative as I'd hoped, but good examples of some of the changes that the internet has caused in our written communications. She did a great analysis of the different types of internet users--first, the programmer generation who made and understood Lisp jokes; second, their younger colleagues who did email, blogging, and web design but didn't necessarily know what goes on under the covers; third and fourth, the generation of people who grew up with handheld devices and omnipresent web.But the book was more a general survey, somewhat short on details. As to how our punctuation, grammar and writing style, she only gave examples--if you're expecting to learn exactly how to text like a teenager, you won't learn it here. But you get a taste of what you're up against.
And not, I did learn that the period has evolved from a seldom-noticed ending to a sentence into a signal of sarcasm, passive aggression, or irony. I love you (period) doesn't mean the same as I love you (no period). If you're under twenty.
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