Do today's generation, youth or otherwise, write better, worse or the same as a result of texting? Writing better can take the position of: better spelling, better grammar and more articulate thought in writing. Depending on person to person, texting can either encourage better writing or worsen it.
Predicted text is an important factor to take into account. If the predicted text key-guard is "on" while texting, a general knowledge of how a word is spelled, is all that would be required. This has its pros and cons. It can be argued that this would make a person lazy when it came to spelling, using predicted text to spell a word for you. It can also be argued that predicted text can enhance a person's spelling capabilities by becoming an auto-check or auto-correct for spelling. Say for example I can't remember- or know how to spell- the word "indigenous," predicted text wouldn't know either unless I played around with letters for awhile. I could also look up the correct spelling and use it as well. Either way, I'm learning how to spell "indigenous." This again depends on the person. I would personally look up the correct spelling. Some others might opt to have a wrong spelling or not care at all.
Texting is an interesting form of communication. Texting is writing, and writing is an archaic form of communication really, considering how modern texting is. Is texting a short, get to the point type of communication? Consider how much people text, my inbox alone has 400 messages written. So can texting be something more than just short, one or two word responses that pop-culture has deemed it to be?
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