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I am a bit hypocritical as the medium in which this article is being viewed is indeed typed upon a screen, before it was written here however it was first penned to paper by my own hand. Human flaw is inevitable, none are immune to mistake but there is something immensely satisfying in a job well done, to the best of your ability.

I fear for what the future holds if the fundamentals of writing are lost. I have indeed become one of the many dependent on the Internet but I will not forgo all I have learned because of it. Our language skills are lacking in the spoken form as well, slang has replaced everyday speech and seems to be acceptable, even making it into well known and respected dictionaries.

I do believe we are losing many skills in the area of language. We express ourselves through the written and spoken word and many are leaving a very poor impression. We can change this trend by showing the younger generation the immeasurable value of the written word. We need to impress upon the importance of proper punctuation, spelling and grammar.

If not, I can imagine a scene similar to this . . . I am in the hospital. My young doctor stands at my bedside, looking over my chart and then says to me, "Yo, how you feelin' dawg?" What do I say back? "Daaang doc, I'm jacked up bad up in here, whatchoo goin' do bout it?"
Perhaps I should just relax, chill out a bit. Pardon me, I meant to say "chillax".

We tend to speak the way we write, we tend to write the way we speak. We need to place greater focus on what we are teaching the younger generation, we must do this by example and expectation and praise. I'm not implying we forgo conversational speech or even the ultra relaxed slang which has become as ingrained in our language as the letters which form them, I am simply saying we mustn't forget the importance, the power and the necessity of the written word as it is meant to be written.

Preserving the written word is a worthy task which will be of benefit to all.

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