ChatterBank1 min ago
English standards have not slipped
A joy to read a grammatically correct quote in today's paper:
"Then I had to call the local farmer, from whom I rent the field, to come and help me with the situation. He was able to tell them who I was and explain that I was renting the field from him."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-105978 0/Black-farmer-quizzed-police-THREE-times-susp icion-stealing-field.html
:)
"Then I had to call the local farmer, from whom I rent the field, to come and help me with the situation. He was able to tell them who I was and explain that I was renting the field from him."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-105978 0/Black-farmer-quizzed-police-THREE-times-susp icion-stealing-field.html
:)
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To get back to the original topic.
The implication on here seems to be that because the 'yooof' of today has very little grasp of correct English grammar, we should dumb down to their level.
Well, most of them are as innumerate as they are illiterate. Does that mean that we have to accept that two plus two is now five and given their lack of basic facts, Stonehenge is really in China.
Wedges and thin ends, I'm afraid.
The implication on here seems to be that because the 'yooof' of today has very little grasp of correct English grammar, we should dumb down to their level.
Well, most of them are as innumerate as they are illiterate. Does that mean that we have to accept that two plus two is now five and given their lack of basic facts, Stonehenge is really in China.
Wedges and thin ends, I'm afraid.
I suppose I'm basically on the side of the 'evolutionists' here. Language evolves because new words are added (software, bonking) others fall into disuse (verily, forsooth) and meanings change (gay). So far so good.
?However, there are some rules aren't there. If I spell language like this 'langwidge' - or put the question mark at the beginning of the sentence, that's not part of the evolutionary process is it? it's just plain wrong*.
(*or plainly incorrect if you prefer)
?However, there are some rules aren't there. If I spell language like this 'langwidge' - or put the question mark at the beginning of the sentence, that's not part of the evolutionary process is it? it's just plain wrong*.
(*or plainly incorrect if you prefer)
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