Is technology the cause of deteriorating grammar?

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Oct 25, 2009 7:24 AM #505814
When I was 7, it was 1994. Sun Microsystems released the java programming language. Here's the cover of Time magazine from July 25, 1994:

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That was probably right around the time I found out what a computer is. Soon after, we acquired a computer like this:

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which ran MS-DOS (i.e. it ran completely off of floppy disks, both 3.5" and 5.25"). Needless to say, I wasn't browsing internet forums.
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Oct 25, 2009 8:25 AM #505826
i eventually dropped capitals in my posts because



it looks cute :)
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Oct 25, 2009 4:30 PM #505985
You see, thats where I just strangle people to death, Scarecrow.
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Nov 2, 2009 3:39 AM #508876
I accept with information: that the internet is just a big chatroom for their Us and Rs and TTYLs to mate and spawn ROFLs.
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Nov 2, 2009 4:46 AM #508896
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I think that people are just idiots.

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Nov 2, 2009 4:56 AM #508897
i've noticed that most people that are text maniacs have cellphones that flip out/around and are like a mini key board. shit like that likely helps people text legibly.
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Nov 2, 2009 5:14 AM #508902
Facepunch (and garrysmod sub) forums auto bans people for bad grammar. Standards need to be set or people will be lazy.
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Nov 2, 2009 5:22 AM #508906
Quote from CGIllusion
Facepunch (and garrysmod sub) forums auto bans people for bad grammar. Standards need to be set or people will be lazy.


cough cough

not since december 08
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Nov 2, 2009 7:07 AM #508934
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm fuck u guys my gramar is just as good as it always been fukin fag
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Nov 2, 2009 7:09 AM #508936
yeah, facepunch stopped doing that a while ago.
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Jun 2, 2012 3:18 PM #668807
It is not technology. It's just that some people don't have grammatical skills, or some people don't have enough time and the use improper grammar to save it. You don't have to blame technology, because centuries before the eve of the computer and the Internet, people still used improper grammar for those same reasons. But, you have your opinions and I have mine, so let's not start a flame war.
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Jun 2, 2012 4:14 PM #668844
Nikolai the necromancer. Over 3 years old thread...

Please check the date next time.
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Jul 22, 2012 4:20 PM #702505
I don't think that the reason is people not understanding grammar, I think it's just laziness.
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Jul 22, 2012 4:21 PM #702506
Quote from JEWISHPERSON
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm fuck u guys my gramar is just as good as it always been fukin fag

Yeah.. you have perfect grammar looking at you just wrote on top. ;)