Do you think written English has changed much in the last 100 years?

• Apr 13, 2008

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bilious bill

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I think it has. When you read old newspaper articles the style seems to be more formal. Similarly, books were written in a slightly different style, with possibly a better use of the vocabulary. What do you all think?

 

• Apr 13, 2008

• #2

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Cherrypicker

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Yes, I like the old fashioned written word. I enjoy writers like the Brontes and Jane Austen. I think eventually, because of texting and other technologies, the written word will virtually disappear.

 

• Apr 13, 2008

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maya

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I think it has changed much even in a time span of fifty years.
The older more formal English did have a lot more going for it.
However, with the arrival of near universal literacy, the spoken language has deteriorated to being a sort of proletariat pidgin
dialect.

 

• Apr 13, 2008

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JesusisSalvation

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Apr 13, 2008

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Not really. It's just presented differently. They still have exactly the same meaning, though.

 

• Apr 13, 2008

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dwfan

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yes
cuz we have txt talk don't we

dwfanxx