
Old English: The Dilution Of Language
Of the most used words in spoken English language, in particular, almost 99% of them belong to other languages. And 62% of these words are the frequently used words. […]
Of the most used words in spoken English language, in particular, almost 99% of them belong to other languages. And 62% of these words are the frequently used words. […]
The moment you look away from textbook English, you will see everybody using double negatives. So many people people cannot be wrong. The idea is to have clear communication and not get entangled in the web of rules created centuries ago. […]
Lowth and Murray brought up one rule for English that bugs us even today. That rule is called “Billy and me went to the store” rule. […]
When Robert Lowth and Lindley Murray wrote rule books for English language, they assumed that they were preparing English. They were also under the assumption that English needed more rules than it already had. […]
You can be artful in both written and spoken languages, but it depends on how language is used. […]
The earliest writing of languages tends very strongly to be very concise. These people are just scratching down what they say, and what they say is spoken language. […]
Written language is very new, compared to the spoken language. But written languages preserve many words that have been forgotten by language speakers. […]
The problem with the way French is usually taught in America is that after you learn it in school and go to France, you look like an idiot. […]
Modern Standard Arabic is based on the Arabic used in the Koran. Since the Koran contains the words of the Prophet, it is sought to be preserved unchanged. […]
Language changes faster than we may think. Some languages in the world have evolved and changed in a couple of generations. […]
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