The thread on learning a different language got me thinking about this. Sunday hubby and I were out driving and somehow the subject of English came up. He says it is too difficult to learn and that he has no problem with our younger generation not using the language correctly, or spelling correctly. I, on the other hand, cringe when I see the language abused and misspelled words drive me crazy. I'd hate to see our language go defunct and said to hubby that if we don't have a set language/spelling and everyone just spelled the way things sound to them, we wouldn't have any proper literature anymore and we may have troubling understanding each other and communicating. He disagrees.
I was in a large department store the other day and a huge black sign indicated the stationery department. Unfortunately the word stationery was misspelled as stationary.
I see a lot of use of "their" instead of "there" and vice-versa. Also improper use of "to" and "too". Another one I see frequently here is "loose" instead of "lose".
How do some others of you feel about our language and it's demise?
I was in a large department store the other day and a huge black sign indicated the stationery department. Unfortunately the word stationery was misspelled as stationary.
I see a lot of use of "their" instead of "there" and vice-versa. Also improper use of "to" and "too". Another one I see frequently here is "loose" instead of "lose".
How do some others of you feel about our language and it's demise?