This is really a problem @molometer ... Texting has influenced the literacy skills of lots of people especially new generations and even old ones. This is already alarming because children nowadays can easily get access to mobile devices and they are using this all the time. The influence of using mobile devices of children and young adults is eroding their literacy skills. And I think texting is killing the language because majority of people who text use shoeten words in which it is modying the language and disregard the rules.