Texting Has Added A New

Word Books Traditionally Focus On Unusual And Quirky Items. They Tend To Ignore The Words That Provide The Skeleton Of The Language, Without Which It Would Fall Apart, Such As 'and' And 'what,' Or Words That Provide Structure To Our Conversation, Such As 'hello.

Spellings Are Made By People. Dictionaries - Eventually - Reflect Popular Choices.

It Took Three Years To Put Shakespeare's Words Together, There Were A Lot Of Words To Be Studied And A Lot Of Words To Be Sorted Out, And It Proved To Be A Major Project.

Although Many Texters Enjoy Breaking Linguistic Rules, They Also Know They Need To Be Understood.

Ever Since The Arrival Of Printing - Thought To Be The Invention Of The Devil Because It Would Put False Opinions Into People's Minds - People Have Been Arguing That New Technology Would Have Disastrous Consequences For Language.