“Texting makes U stupid” is an article about how young teens nowadays don't read books. Teens do read but only from their phones. Niall Ferguson is trying to let society know that they have to do something about it, or teens and kids will lack of writing probably. They are getting used to write abbreviations, easier words and shorter sentences like “C U later not”. Niall Ferguson doesn't think that people, especially teen use proper writing in today's society.
The article’s style of writing is written in an informal style. Ferguson uses short sentences and a lot of commas’, which are some of the elements in an informal style. “But there’s a difference. I also read books. It’s a quaint old habit I picked up as a kid, in the days before cell phones began nesting, cuckoolike, in the palms of the young.”? (p.1 ll.15-17) Beyond that Ferguson uses a lot of contractions “?First, we are falling behind more-literate societies.”(p.1 l.27) and ?“Half of today’s teenagers don’t read books—except readers. ?Ferguson’s target group is the youth. Therefore he uses the informal style of when they’re made to. “ ?(p. 1 l.18) He uses ?contractions to sound more aggressive for the ?
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