CNN News: 句號和短信的矛盾

English teachers have got to be thankful they don`t have to correct grammar for text messages. A new study out of Binghamton University in New York found that ending each sentence with a period, like you`re supposed to end a sentence, can actually be a bad thing in a text.

各位英語老師們應該非常慶幸不用為同學們更改短信中國的語法錯誤。紐約賓漢姆頓大學的一項新的研究表明每一句話以句話結束，這樣你就應該結束一個句子，這樣的用法在短信中實際上是一件非常糟糕的事情。

The study involved 126 undergraduate students. They saw answers to simple text questions like, "Wanna go see a movie tonight?" And they felt that one word answers with a period, like, "Yes, period", seemed less sincere than just the word "yes" all by itself.

該項研究有126位大學生參與。他們看到見到這些短信上發(fā)的問題，“今晚要不要一起看電影?”他們認為一個詞就可以回答這個問題，比如“好的，句號。”這樣似乎比僅僅一個單詞“好的”更有誠意。

Apparently, they found that the period made the response seemed less enthusiastic. Researchers pointed out that this applied to text messages only. Periods were seen as OK in handwritten notes. The study indicates that the rules of texting are just different, period.

顯然，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，這個句號讓回答缺乏的熱情。研究者指出這僅僅適用于短信。在記錄筆記時，適用句號是可以的。該項研究表明短信的書寫規(guī)則是與眾不同的，句號。