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I completely disagree. If you look at speeches or interviews from the 30s or the 40s, in French or English, the quality of the spoken language is significantly
by cm2187 7y ago
I completely disagree. If you look at speeches or interviews from the 30s or the 40s, in French or English, the quality of the spoken language is significantly better than today. Sentences are better constructed, richer vocabulary. And if you look at XVIII french literature, it is night and day with anything written today.
- raverbashing 7y ago> If you look at speeches or interviews from the 30s or the 40s, in French or English, the quality of the spoken language is significantly better than today... And if you look at XVIII french literature There's probably some selection bias there. I'm not disagreeing there might have been a reduction in vocabulary, etc, but we tend to see older (usage) words as more erudite as well. Compare the vocabulary/grammar on social media with current newspapers or a book and there's a big difference as well.