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Grammar and Spelling Takes On A Whole New Meaning  Millennials have created a new rulebook for a variant of written English unique to social media. A rulebook which states that deliberately misspelled words and misused grammar can convey tone, nuance, humor, and even annoyance. Image : Bob Al Greene / Mashable Dr. Lauren Fonteyn, English Linguistics lecturer at University of Manchester, told Mashable "something exciting" is happening with the way that millennials write, and it goes far beyond our proclivity to use acronyms and "like." Fonteyn says millennials are "breaking the constraints" of written English to "be as expressive as you can be in spoken language." This new variant of written English strives to convey what body language and tone and volume of voice can achieve in spoken English. Citation: Article by Rachel Thompson via Mashable Millennials destroyed the rules of written English - and created something better The s...