From the invention of the cotton gin that spurred the industrial revolution to the invention of the computer that spurred communication, technology is believed to have helped humanity throughout the ages by making things faster, more accessible and easier to manage. Although many types of technologies are relatively new and the consequences are not yet known, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. For example, genetically modified organisms are a great way to increase the global food supply and also have the potential to cure world hunger. However, the consequences of eating genetically modified foods are not yet known since the technology is so new. Apparently the best invention that stitched the twentieth century with the twenty-first century was the invention of computers and telephones with greater capabilities, which rapidly increased communication. A disadvantage of this new mode of communication is the way the English language is changing due to a simplified way people choose to communicate through these devices. Although technology increases the ease with which one can communicate, it has evolved into a new language, through different means of communication such as text messaging and blogs. SMS, better known as text messages, have changed the way people communicate due to the brevity of these messages. need to be. Since text messages must be under 160 characters, the people sending them need to make their messages direct and to the point. As a result, various acronyms and “the use of individual letters, numbers, and typographical symbols [are used] to represent words, parts of words, or even . . . noises associated with actions” (Cristallo 37). These acronyms have not only changed the way...... middle of paper......Brandwatch analyzed the popular social network Twitter and found that "a total of 0.56% of words posted on the site of microblogging are either incorrect or unofficial” (Castleford Media). Technology has affected the English language for both good and bad as it has increased the speed with which we can communicate with each other, but at the expense of the literacy of those who use it. they use these modes of communication. It seems, since since the pros far outweigh the cons, that the technology is useful for communication because it can allow anything that uses it to function at a faster pace as things like instant messaging and text messages come almost instantaneously unique to these technologies is primarily that “if [people] go to school, you can give them poor grades if they are applying for jobs, you can ignore them;” so what can we do?