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Read the first sentence from paragraph 2 of The Trouble with Text Speak. What argument does the author of The English Language: New and Improved use to weaken this claim?
A.
Formal English will disappear as young people assume positions of power.
B.
People had poor grammar skills well before the invention of texting.
C.
The development of techspeak shows that people are more intelligent today.
D.
The rules for written English are always evolving to meet contemporary needs.
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The author of The English Language: New and Improved argues that written English rules have always evolved to meet contemporary needs, so the changes brought by texting are part of normal language development rather than a catastrophic loss of formal English.
The author of The English Language: New and Improved argues that written English rules have always evolved to meet contemporary needs, so the changes brought by texting are part of normal language development rather than a catastrophic loss of formal English.
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