With the development of high technology not only our way of thinking has changed, but the language as well. Go back ten years and you would have found endless articles about how our use of the internet, MSN messenger and texting was ruining everyone’s vocabulary and we would soon be able to speak in nothing but grunts and emojis. But now this point of view has slightly changed, as while we are looking at the big picture, global literacy rates continue to rise. So the questions are: does internet really has influenced our language and if so, in which way: positive or not.

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