In the two articles, “I h8 txt msgs” and “2b or not 2b”, by John Humphry and David Crystal respectively, they debate about pros and cons of texting. Texting for years now has been a controversial topic, with many people saying that it's bad for children's brains and that this could affect the English language drastically in a negative way, while others believe that texting is good for children and that they are responsible enough to not have texting control their lives. Humphry takes the side that says texting is dangerous for English, while Crystal takes the side that says texting is not harmful. Humphry tackles abbreviations by saying that some are so obscure that no one would be able to understand. He uses the example, “IMHO U