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05 May 2008, 9:43 pm

Have school budget cuts eliminated the possibility of students learning to use punctuation? I know commas and periods are expensive, but why don't you kids use them?

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05 May 2008, 10:02 pm

I find the whole budget cut thing to be hilarious, does anyone else here feel the same?



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05 May 2008, 10:03 pm

they can, one thinks, be overly permissive with individual styles; yet not to be used, abused, or improperly exhibited, the list could go on...;)

I think part of it is a vast group of people used to typing with their thumbs...;)



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05 May 2008, 10:06 pm

Everybody seems to be in too much of a hurry these days.



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05 May 2008, 10:57 pm

Hasn't gotten that far at my school.


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06 May 2008, 6:37 am

Same here as well.


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06 May 2008, 12:40 pm

It is the due to mania called text messaging.

Whn al U hve is 255 #'s & Lttr's to get U'r wrd's acrss

Punctuation doesn't count for much.