I could edit the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright people! Listen up!

I am on a campaign. And my campaign is to rid the world of ALL email-style abbreviations. You know, those horrific, vile corruptions of the English language such as lol, btw, gtg... you get the drift.

There are practical reasons for this. People will take what you write more seriously, and treat your words with more respect, if they are written properly, with a thought as to the ordering and grammar of the sentences. There is no better way to signal that you do not care whether you are writing well than to use email-speak. And this is inconsiderate of the person you are writing to-- it shows that you do not care enough about them to take the time to write well and correctly. And why choose to write incorrectly? How lazy.

Long have I sat by idle, while our noble language was being mercilessly attacked by those careless souls who were only concerned with speedy communications, giving no thought to higher things such as felicity and elegance of composition. People who use these horrid abbreviations only want to get a lot of words in a little time and space, and they sacrifice the English language to do so. These are usually the same sorts who use little or no punctualization or capitalization in their emails. I will not name names. I only implore you to end this injustice-- let words be the elegant, expressive things they were meant to be. It will only take you 1-2 more seconds.