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

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.

A Feature Of English That Makes It Different Compared With All Other Languages Is Its Global Spread.

Language Itself Changes Slowly But The Internet Has Speeded Up The Process Of Those Changes So You Notice Them More Quickly.

At Any One Time Language Is A Kaleidoscope Of Styles, Genres And Dialects.