We all spend a lot of time texting and IMing these days, and it seems pointless to worry about spelling etc. when all you want to do is communicate quickly. I agree. In an IM, as long as the other person can understand, anything goes.
HOWEVER (you knew there was going to be a however, didn't you?), there is a real danger of slipping into these habits when writing a school assignment, and teachers HATE that!!!! For the sanity of your teachers, and to save yourself a lot of grief, PLEASE set your autocorrect to catch IM language. It won't help you on in-class work, but it will reduce the red ink on your homework assignments.
Setting up your autocorrect is super easy, but a little different depending on what program you use for writing; just use the help menu. You can set it to catch words you habitually misspell or forget to capitalize, and even to automatically correct contractions (don't to do not) when you are writing a formal essay.
Happy writing!
HOWEVER (you knew there was going to be a however, didn't you?), there is a real danger of slipping into these habits when writing a school assignment, and teachers HATE that!!!! For the sanity of your teachers, and to save yourself a lot of grief, PLEASE set your autocorrect to catch IM language. It won't help you on in-class work, but it will reduce the red ink on your homework assignments.
Setting up your autocorrect is super easy, but a little different depending on what program you use for writing; just use the help menu. You can set it to catch words you habitually misspell or forget to capitalize, and even to automatically correct contractions (don't to do not) when you are writing a formal essay.
Happy writing!
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