¶ … powerpoint vs. Prezi There are a number of claims that the author of "99.9% of grammar is obsolete," David Wertheimer, makes in this particular article. The thesis of this article is that conventional grammatical rules and conventions are obsolete in the wake of communication facilitated by the internet and embraced by various mobile devices. As such, the author writes in a sarcastic style in which he embraces the new development of the English language facilitated by the aforementioned means of communication, and warns that standard written English is waning. He emphasizes several different points to aid him in demonstrating the veracity of his thesis.

The author claims that the specific form that the new language will take (or perhaps already has taken) is based on abbreviations. He alternately calls this new method of communication newspeak or internet-speak, a fact which the subsequent quotation demonstrates.

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Depending on needs, the folks on the Internet have taken matters into their own hands, feeding customized
"Internet-speak" -- a practice elsewhere known as "shorthand" (Wertheimer,

2002).

The fact that the English language is becoming more and more abbreviated is fairly important to the author's thesis. It implies that the actual verbal communication of this language is the same. Individuals who use this new language are still employing the same words (for the most part) that English has always had. They are merely writing them differently.

Another substantial claim that the author of this document makes is that the reason the writing of English is changing is largely due to temporal factors. If people write with abbreviations, it does not take them as long to communicate as it would someone who…