[Magdalen] "Formal Speech"

[Scott Knitter]

Right. I'm thinking more of the gratuitous vulgarity, crassness, etc. 

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> On Mar 6, 2015, at 10:54 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Absolutely agree. And one need not be studiously grammatical to be
> respectful, unless you mean something entirely different from what I
> believe you mean.
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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> 
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I'd just be happy if everyone would agree to a more respectful tone of
>> language in public. All of that seems to have gone the way of dressing up
>> to go downtown.
>> 
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>>> On Mar 6, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> If this were a Facebook post I would immediately LIKE it.
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I read some information recently that excused all the grammatical
>>>> sloppiness
>>>> in the USA as being "informal" speech, and what is traditionally
>> correct
>>>> is casually dismissed as "formal speech."
>>>> 
>>>> So that's what it's all about!
>>>> 
>>>> The use of adjectives as adverbs, the routine ending of sentences  with
>>>> prepositions, the splitting of infinitives, and the total abandonment
>> of
>>>> "whom", etc., etc., are just all "formal" and the grammatical
>> sloppiness
>>>> is really where the action is and named "informal" speech.
>>>> 
>>>> I don't buy it for a minute.  This is propagated by English class
>>>> dropouts,
>>>> who are getting even for the heavy-handed use of the red pencils on
>>>> their essays.
>>>> 
>>>> If they can't get it right, anything goes.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> David Strang.
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Christopher Hart
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