<p>Honestly, I see more people complaining about tYpInG lyK diiiiis more than I actually see it happening. I feel like the only people who type like that without irony are 12-year-olds who have just started using the Internet and think it’s the custom and don’t realize it’s annoying to everyone.
Confusion based on they’re/their/there and your/you’re and loose/lose has probably always existed. They sound sort of the same, so they’re easy to confuse and people have trouble with them.
People have complained about the destruction of the language ever since we’ve had language. Any changes result in an outcry. But the language still serves its intended purpose of communicating ideas, and it will probably survive this too.</p>
<p>As for books…people are reading more, but the books may be of lower quality. Young adult literature is frequently kind of dumb.</p>