Anonymous

“The whole point of the post is that the rabble is destroying the language by replacing adverbs with adjectives.  The post drips with disdain for those dips whose slovenly usage is slowly leaching our precious adverbs from our precious language.”

Huh? My post did not mention the words "adverb" or "adjective", and your interpretation is your own, Anon.  Have your ever heard of irony and sarcasm?

I sincerely hope you are not losing sleep worrying over all the junk on the Internet or the continued natural dynamics of language. So what if "fail" becomes more used as a noun? Shakespeare used it in that way, and trying to turn this tide is to go on an endless quixotic adventure.  Evolution happens.

On the other hand, being concerned about those who wish to learn "standard English" is a worthy cause.  The Internet is a fabuolous tool for teaching and communication. Since your English is excellent, why not join us in helping others?

All the best,

A-s

Anonymous

“<All the others can just forget about them.>

Tell your kids that when they fail their next English exam.

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I think my kids will have other things to actually worry about. Me too, I guess.

Anonymous

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Kooyeen must be immune.

"There was an urgency surrounding the notion of a standard language, in the eighteenth century. People needed to know who they were talking to. Snap judgments were everything, when it came to social position. And things are not much different today. We make immediate judgments based on how people dress, how they do their hair, decorate their bodies--and how they speak and write. It is the first bit of discourse that counts. . . ."”

Sure, what you said is true. But it doesn't mention any reasons why we would all need to worry about prescriptivists.

Anonymous

“ You think parents shouldn't be concerned? Schoolkids shouldn't?”

No, because I seriously believe that's the last thing they worry about.

Anonymous

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The last thing parents worry about is passing exams?

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No. The last thing they worry about is prescriptivism. I don't think most of them even know what that means anyway.