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Student Name Professor Name ENG 106 WB 29 Jan. 2013 “2b or Not 2b” In the article “2b or Not 2b,” David Crystal discusses how others such as John Humphry argue that texters are “…vandals who are doing out language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbors 800 years ago. They are destroying it” (Crystal 335). Crystal also argues that when printing came about it people thought of it as the work of the devil. People believed that printing would put false opinions into people’s minds. When other inventions came about, such as the telegraph, telephone, and broadcasting it scared people and they felt that they would have negative consequences for the English language. Crystal asks the question, “Has there ever been a linguistic phenomenon that has aroused such curiosity, suspicion, fear, confusion, antagonism, fascination, excitement, and…show more content…
“2b or Not 2b.” They say/I Say: the moves that matter in academic writing: with readings/. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. New York, NY 2012. 335. Print Crystal, David. “2b or Not 2b.” They say/I Say: the moves that matter in academic writing: with readings/. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. New York, NY 2012. 336. Print Crystal, David. “2b or Not 2b.” They say/I Say: the moves that matter in academic writing: with readings/. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. New York, NY 2012. 339. Print Crystal, David. “2b or Not 2b.” They say/I Say: the moves that matter in academic writing: with readings/. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. New York, NY 2012. 341. Print Crystal, David. “2b or Not 2b.” They say/I Say: the moves that matter in academic writing: with readings/. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. New York, NY 2012. 344. Print Crystal, David. “2b or Not 2b.” They say/I Say: the moves that matter in academic writing: with readings/. Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. New York, NY 2012. 345.
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