Is Text Messaging/chatrooms Slang Ruining Academic Writing

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Replying to dwayne12Replying to dwayne12It isn't that bad in Austrailia? Then explain to me why you wrote "country's", instead of the proper "countries."And people say Americans are ignorant apes.

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In my own experience, I would think that internet slang has a larger affect on students in elementary schools. As the years go by, I found that internet slang in academic writings have decreased noticeably in the senior years of high school.

 I'm in first year college and I have to say that I have not seen any form of internet slang in any of my peers' works whether they be note taking or writing an essay.

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Hi there,

 

All I can do is put forward a few suggestions in order to make some corrections ; you've (blend/ slang) used "their" out of context and with out is written as one word. Finally 'lets' is 'let's' as in 'let us'.

It is advisable to sort it out!

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