Ironically, there might be more creep-over into professors' comments than there is into students' papers; some professors use "emoticons" to soften the occasional comment.

Brian

Brian O'Sullivan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Director of the Writing Center
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Montgomery Hall 50
18952 E. Fisher Rd.
St. Mary’s City, Maryland
20686
240-895-4242



-----Original Message-----
From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of R. Michael Medley (GLS)
Sent: Fri 6/20/2008 10:11 AM
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Subject: text messaging creep-over?
 
Washington Post staff writer Linton Weeks seemingly believes everything he
reads:

"In a survey, Internet language -- abbreviated wds, :) and txt msging --
seeping into academic writing."

"Text messaging creep-over"?  Not a sign of it as far as I can tell.  I
just returned from reading more than 700 Advanced Placement English
language and composition essays written by students from across the
nation.  I saw plenty of inarticulateness but absolutely no sign
whatsoever of "text messaging creep-over" into academic writing. 
Apparently, high school students, even those who score rather low on their
essays (4.5 is about the average score on a scale of 9), know to keep
features of text messaging register out of their academic writing.

R. Michael Medley, Ph.D.
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA 22802
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