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Originally posted by Pirengle:
1: Do you feel that the internet has cheapened language, by volume of material, quality of material, etc.?
2: Do you think that chatroom/forum shorthand could be considered an entirely new form of communication?
3: Can a person communicate differently online through forums, email groups, etc., than he/she would in real life? In tone, subject matter, etc.
4: Can a person's use of grammar, syntax, etc., on the internet affect their spoken and written language off the internet?
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1. Depends where. On forums etc. yeah, very much, on professional news sites etc., not very much. By quality of material - volume alone does not cheapen it as long as it's good quality.
2. Probably, yeah, since it doesn't follow rules of other languages
3. Definitely.
4. Written, probably, since you get into habbits of writing shorthand. Not really spoken, I can't imagine anyone saying things like LOL instead of laughing