The English Wars

The English Wars
The battle over the way we should speak.
By Joan Acocella

For a long time, many English speakers have felt that the language was going to the dogs. All around them, people were talking about “parameters” and “life styles,” saying “disinterested” when they meant “uninterested,” “fulsome” when they meant “full.”

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