Are you alienating your friends?
When it comes to texting, you have to throw all that grammar you've retained in your brain for, yes, your whole life, out the window—or at least one integral part of it: the period at the end of a sentence. Save that punctuation for your emails or your next novel, it's now considered rude or even passive-aggressive in a text.
"To younger generations, using proper punctuation in a casual context like texting can give an impression ofThe New York Times ."The message-ending period establishes a certain distance … Simply put, the inclusion of a formality in casual communication is unnerving." This idea is backed up by data: A 2018 study out of Binghamton University found that"the inclusion of the period in text responses may beTexting simulates speaking out loud.So really, why no period?"Texting simulates speaking out loud, and its practitioners want to send thoughts as they have them," says."Not using periods is a way for texters to indicate that they're feeling relaxed with the recipient.
If you think of texting like a conversation that flows rhythmically between people, leaving the period out allows for continued fluid discourse, while using a period closes the dialogue off with an abruptness that may leave the wrong impression. Picture being out at a restaurant with someone who gives short responses to everything or never says anything open-ended. That does not sound like a conversation that is flowing naturally or one that is much fun to be in.
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