slept2long

"Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language -- so the argument runs -- must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. "

That's the first paragraph from here.

I am not familiar with linguistics and grammar enough to critique this but I thought it was a good article. Do the faults he mentions in that article still pollute modern writing? I think so but I'll have to present my side when I get back from work.