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• Position: EDUCATION - Brief article

Nearly two thirds of 700 students surveyed said their e-communication style shows up in their schoolwork, according to a recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. About half said they sometimes omit punctuation or capitalization; a quarter use smiley faces and other emoticons. Richard Sterling, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, says that when e-mail shorthand appears...