Some people think that increasing communication usage of computers and mobile phones by young people has had a negative effect on their reading and writing skills. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There is no doubt that technology has been disseminated everywhere and It is believed by a segment of society that increasing communication via technology
such
as laptops, cell phones and so on has had a detrimental impact on
reading
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and writing proficiency of young individuals.
However
, I disagree with
this
notion to some extent, which I intend to discuss in the subsequent paragraphs. Mobile applications and desktop software, which provide language
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, have been developed to make user's life easier, but unfortunately
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a sterling role
to exacerbate
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their language
skills
. It is generally seen that youngsters these days have installed applications
such
as Grammarly,
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in their gadgets which
helps
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help
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them to write
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by using auto correction tools, thereby making them oblivious about right and wrong words.
Apart from
this
, communicating via social chatting applications,
for example
, WhatsApp, Facebook and so on, makes people habitant of using slang words and abbreviations which
further
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them in
troubles
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trouble
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while
doing class presentations,
colleagues
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group discussions and formal meetings as it becomes arduous for them to not to use informal terms.
Therefore
, it worsens
reading
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and writing
skills
of young office workers. Communicating with the help of technology proves beneficial as software used by
such
devices
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hints of possible vocabulary
while
writing, not only
improves
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writing
skills
but
also
increases
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cognitive
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skills
of users.
Moreover
, ease of
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time availability for chatting, owing to having mobile phones would make
reading
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and writing
skills
of individuals more ameliorate.
For instance
, if an employee is writing an email to his or her senior on the laptop, it would be easy for one to write good and
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writing.
Hence
, sharing views via electronic devices boosts
such
skills
.
To conclude
,
although
communicating with electronic gadgets
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a few demerits, it seems more conducive in terms of providing lists of vocabulary lists, improving cognitive
skills
and easing in accessing devices helps in honing
language
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skills
of individuals.
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