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English abbreviations that are important “imo” Posted by on Apr 7, 2015

Abbreviations, or short forms of words and phrases, are quite common in English. They are particularly common in electronic communication such as emails, texting, messaging on social media, and so on. One of the reasons written abbreviations are so common is because they are quicker to type than full words. So they save time and…

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Texting in English Posted by on Feb 6, 2012

If you have a cell phone (and who doesn’t these days?) chances are that you text.  Texting (also called “text messaging”) refers to the exchange of short written messages between two cellular phones.  Texting is not the same as calling, because texting uses the written word, while calling or talking over the phone uses the…

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