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Twenty-five percent of teens surveyed said they used emoticons in school writing and 38% said they used text shortcuts or abbreviations.
Informal Style of Electronic Messages Is Showing Up in Schoolwork ... (http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-1&fd=R&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/education/25writing.html%3Fref%3Deducation&cid=1153642457&ei=ZlcSSOzXE4jiwQH314iJDg&usg=AFrqEzct2Vl069VPsv3-R89YIU5YUY5qiQ) New York Times
Teens say e-text isn&#39;t writing (http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-2&fd=R&url=http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9927251-7.html%3Ftag%3Dnefd.only&cid=1153642457&ei=ZlcSSOzXE4jiwQH314iJDg&usg=AFrqEzfb9cNPkTPRsN-xN75julmUy8X-ZA) CNET News.com
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