Digital communication technology, such as email, instant messaging and social media, has improved communication and connections between people. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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methods

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as emails, text-messaging and virtual social networks have been helping billio30ns of people write and read messages on a daily basis. At

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glance,

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appears to support reading and writing skills.

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, I believe that these means of

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have a negative impact on one’s overall ability to read and write. The most important reason for my opinion is the proclivity to use informal

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in

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via mobiles and computers. Whereas serious reading and writing involve the exposure to formal

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, most of the messages exchanged using mobiles and computers are rather short and contain spoken expressions.

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is because on a digital platform, time saving and convenience, rather than the sophistication of

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, are the utmost priority of people. In brief, the more frequently people use a form of mobile and computer-based

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, the more likely informal expressions would dominate their use of

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. Another reason for the exacerbation of reading and writing abilities is the over-dependence on technological assistance.

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is the case because users of mobiles and computers are usually aided by spell-check and automatic proofreading services when writing a message. Some computer programmes can

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find the best word choice to avoid vocabulary mistakes. As these processes are continually repeated, users’ sense of spelling and grammar and lexical range may gradually erode. Eventually,

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erosion leads to the degradation of both the writing and reading skills. In conclusion, due to the tendency towards using spoken

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and the over-reliance on proofreading software when communicating via computers and mobiles, I am convinced that digital

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has an adverse impact on one’s overall reading and writing level.