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Why you is written as you when it can simply be written as u? Likewise, why are is written as are when it can be written as r?
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These words are written out in full rather than as
abbreviations to show that the writer is not common, vulgar, and lazy,
that the writer is willing to follow, in a spirit of cooperation, the
standards of communication understood by all, and that the writer has
some respect for those to whom he is writing.
There are thousands of words that can be abbreviated, but in the
extreme this can lead to difficulty in comprehension. This effect
is seen in silly juvenile jokes:
--What did the lady say to her purse when she saw that it contained no money?
-- o i c u r m t
How would you like to have to read sentences like that all the time?
It wdnt b e z.
The effect is amusing at first, but I assure you, it wears off quickly.
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CJ