The way we communicate via technology varies dependent on whom we are talking to and how we are talking to them. For example, if you were to compare the register of a text message or tweet you would find it is very different to that of a phone call.
Many of us use texts as a way to quickly communicate with someone as it is easy and there are many linguistic techniques you can use to make the most out of their efficiency. For example: abbreviations such as 'lol', 'brb' and 'wuu2' have been specifically designed to save time and still get the point across. Although these letter combinations are commonly seen all over the internet it is highly unlikely that they would ever feature in an email. Emails typically have a much more formal register and are typically fully punctuated and written using correct grammar.
However if you were to compare text messages and phone calls you'd be surprised by the similarities. As we've established, people tend not to use standard grammar or punctuation in text messages and this is due to the way we use texts. People usually write texts as though they were to be speaking them. This leads to the lack of full stops or correct grammar as it's not what we tend to think of when we speak. No one speaks in fully though out sentences, we all talk following a more disjointed structure and texts also do so.
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