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and_solo_said
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:45 am


Throughout the history of the English language there has been division between what is deemed to be proper and what is deemed to be common. The worlds of literature and music have often been reserved for the dialect deemed proper, however, there are exceptions; Robert Burns, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, and the Wurzels, to name but a few.

But it is not always that they remain outsiders. Dickens and Shakespeare often created words that did not exist in what was considered proper, and by their common tongue changed language forever.

''Writing in the common tongue as opposed to the accepted proper language restricts your audience to those who speak the same way as you and considerably reduces the tone of your work''

Discuss.
 
PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:21 pm


I think, before you start this discussion, you must outline what you think is proper and what is improper.

This isn't an essay that you have to write in school is it?
ninja xD~

Miyaz


and_solo_said
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:29 pm


No, I dropped English when it came to A-levels.

I cannot define what is proper and what is improper; it would be a contemporary and flawed statement, which would defeat the entire purpose of discussion.
 
PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:35 pm


How could you drop english!?
gonk
It's... sadly, my favourite subject. xD

I'm too lazy to start a discussion on your topic at the moment.
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Miyaz

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