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Text-messaging on cell phones improves people's language skills.
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People can improve their language when they type more People are willing to use their language to chat with other one by text messaging. Additional features can be added for improving the language improving function of the text messaging software. the language used in texting bears enough resemblance to standard English for others to understand more linguistic analysis is required to understand the message There is some software that can be used to check the spelling and grammar in the cell phone.	When being addicted to composing text message, people tend to aloof the face-to-face communication skills. people often do not spell out the whole word when they are text-messaging

people often do not spell out the whole word when they are text-messaging
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The text-messaging may be misunderstood by the receiver. but there are lots of informal words or symbols included in text-messaging	People rely on the self-correction system of the phone so that they gradually let the phone system to correct instead of giving the correct word. People can proof read the message and learn from mistake Some cell phones contain intelligence input. So when the user input some words of the vocabulary, the cell phones will help you to spell out.

Some cell phones contain intelligence input. So when the user input some words of the vocabulary, the cell phones will help you to spell out.
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	People type words as fast as they can so they often ignore grammar and not pay much attention on spelling of words when they just write their own essay without using any intelligent devices, they cannot spell or use the right words. People is too rely on those intelligence function. So they can't practice their writing skill actually.

People type words as fast as they can so they often ignore grammar and not pay much attention on spelling of words
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In Mandarin Chinese, numbers that sound similar to words are used in place of some words.

People can improve their language when they type more
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there are more chance to practice their language skills	People cannot improve their language when they type more informal words or use wrong grammar Although practice makes perfect, it will cultivate the bad habit of people using wrong words with poor grammar.

People are willing to use their language to chat with other one by text messaging.
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People can practice their skill at any time, not only in school or working place	People may use some 'Martian' words when they are text-message.

Additional features can be added for improving the language improving function of the text messaging software.
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11 Grammaical Check can be applied before the text message is sent.

Grammaical Check can be applied before the text message is sent.
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	If the cell phone correct message before sent, the meaning of message may be changed!

the language used in texting bears enough resemblance to standard English for others to understand
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people need to have a good sense of how the letters relate to the linguistic sounds to text-message acronyms and contractions have been part of linguistic practices for a long time	but it's still not standard English, the senders merely have their language skills improved

more linguistic analysis is required to understand the message
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people can practice their language skills and grammatical skills when they get free	The receiver may misunderstood the meaning of the text-message.

There is some software that can be used to check the spelling and grammar in the cell phone.
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	Although there are softwares to do it, people use text-messaging because of the. They won't care about the grammar and spelling. Most likely there are not much mobile phones that have this function The cell phone software does not have intelligence enough to correct all the grammatical mistake.

The cell phone software does not have intelligence enough to correct all the grammatical mistake.
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	Although the cell phone is not intelligent enough to check all the mistakes, we current checking system can still help improve the language skill.