http://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/ Discovering communication Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:34:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-15 evilestmark Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:05:54 +0000 https://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-15 Haha it's funny that I wrote this, it was clearly posted before I studied much history of linguistics. Haha it’s funny that I wrote this, it was clearly posted before I studied much history of linguistics.

]]> http://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-6 santana ogustav Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:01:11 +0000 https://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-6 about engilsh about engilsh

]]> http://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-5 sethjohnson Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:05:26 +0000 https://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-5 Okay, but, it sounds like you are only interested in altering *written* English, which is something worth specifying, though I guess it was implied. Okay, but, it sounds like you are only interested in altering *written* English, which is something worth specifying, though I guess it was implied.

]]> http://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-4 evilestmark Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:28:22 +0000 https://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-4 Ah, I forgot to mention WHY hahaha. It's incredibly important for learning english. Obviously there are more improvements for the simplicity of learning it than I listed, but ESL (english as a second language) is a very big thing, and methodology within ESL is also becoming pretty talked about. So if you can simplifiy the language itself than you can simplify teaching it to everyone. Hell it would help first language learners. The literacy rate in America is still depressingly low. Ah, I forgot to mention WHY hahaha. It’s incredibly important for learning english. Obviously there are more improvements for the simplicity of learning it than I listed, but ESL (english as a second language) is a very big thing, and methodology within ESL is also becoming pretty talked about. So if you can simplifiy the language itself than you can simplify teaching it to everyone. Hell it would help first language learners. The literacy rate in America is still depressingly low.

]]> http://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-3 sethjohnson Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:02:02 +0000 https://linguiquium.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/why-we-need-english-20/#comment-3 Okay, but, right now at least, the only place it matters if you use "correct" English is formal writing (scholarly articles, newspapers to a lesser extent). So wouldn't you just be changing the standard for formal writing? Okay, but, right now at least, the only place it matters if you use “correct” English is formal writing (scholarly articles, newspapers to a lesser extent). So wouldn’t you just be changing the standard for formal writing?

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