?According to the Univeristy of Toronto instant messaging does not hurt the grammar of the people who use it. From the article: ?With 80% of Canadian teenagers using instant messaging and adopting its unique linguistic shorthand, many teachers and parents are concerned about the medium?s potential to corrupt kids? grammar. But instant messaging doesn?t deserve its bad reputation as a spoiler of syntax, suggests a new study from the University of Toronto.?
?Everybody thinks kids are ruining their language by using instant messaging, but these teens? messaging shows them expressing themselves flexibly through all registers,? says Tagliamonte. ?They actually show an extremely lucid command of the language. We shouldn?t worry.?
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