[...]some of us look at it and think "Oh, that sentence is fine," and others look at it and think "that sentence is horrific" because we still have the capability of seeing the part of the language that is being butchered. Oooh, I know how you feel! Can I just say, I love that Harry Potter analogy :)
I do agree that the language is evolving, but I find it hard to let things go at times, having been taught the correct usages since I was a small child. English is a fascinating language.
On a personal level, I speak English, Mandarin Chinese and Malay, and I know some dialects of Chinese. Now I'm learning Japanese and I'm on the level which I'm able speak to and understand a native speaker, so things do sometimes tend to get a bit jumbled up in my head.
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Date: 2011-03-24 02:44 pm (UTC)Oooh, I know how you feel!
Can I just say, I love that Harry Potter analogy :)
I do agree that the language is evolving, but I find it hard to let things go at times, having been taught the correct usages since I was a small child. English is a fascinating language.
On a personal level, I speak English, Mandarin Chinese and Malay, and I know some dialects of Chinese. Now I'm learning Japanese and I'm on the level which I'm able speak to and understand a native speaker, so things do sometimes tend to get a bit jumbled up in my head.