Decline of Language

[Phlegmatism]

Re: Decline of Language

As an aside, english is notoriously bad for spelling. Its so bad that studies have found that people who are english speakers are more likely to have dyslexia than people who speak italian and spanish. (Or at least less likely to be diagnosed, which is in a sense in this case, the same thing, since reading is perhaps the most prominent problem a dyslexic has.) Finetik is definitely the way to go.

English probably has the highest amount of dialects since all walks of the world speak it. Sure it's notorious for many reasons, but it's also a difficult language to learn by its inherent nature.

[Vendetta21]

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also the internet has done wonders to the way we structure sentences and paragraphs but you don't hear the grammar nazis narkin on about that

probably because it's harder to do and reveals how shallow and OCD their whole approach to language is

i wonder if grammar nazism is a now antiquated cultural relic of a generation of baby boomers whose self-conception was strongly rooted in the fact that they went to college at a time when not nearly as many people did

typin like this tells people you dont give two shits

lol

[Cavernio]

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just a couple examples that I know where contractions are ubiquitous even in writing

Spanish -- a el -> al, de el -> del
German -- in dem -> im which applies to some other prepositions too

The spanish examples seem to be a proper rule to not have 2 vowels side by side like that. Is it proper to ever use a el instead of al? Seems like the english a and an to me.

[GamerShadow]

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There is no real decline in language. What you are observing is merely a change in the way people express their stupidity and carelessness through their writing and language usage.

[ddrxero64]

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Response to OP: It all depends on the situation. Through typing and texting, people have proven to cut time and quicken communication through shortcuts. It's human nature to find an easier way to do something. The problem is how people utilize this to exploit for profit.

If you're writing an essay and want your message to come across clearly, use proper grammar. If you're texting from a phone without a keyboard with a maximum amount of space for characters, use shortcuts.

Anything that really isn't a shortcut has evolved into a stylistic preference, such as our usernames. You obviously know cry4eternity isn't correct, but you don't need it to be. You aren't a grammar Nazi, you are probably annoyed with how poorly people try to make a serious argument wile talkin liek dis.

People would never do that in a job. They know that being clear and proper makes the money. For the few that don't, they probably flip burgers for a living. Very few people actually lack the knowledge to properly write and read. So it really is style, preference, and resourcefulness.