Andrew Woodman About Me Page at Helium

English born and bred, married, have a degree in art, use to live in a Japan and now I am a journalist writing for a newspaper in Broadstairs Kent

My passion is ...

learning

I know too much about ...

nothing

My childhood ambition ...

To be a cartoonist

My favorite memory ...

the moment I first met my wife

Why I write ...

Because I can't always talk and it is always safer to espouse my opinions from a good distance

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Any news

My first job ...

Journalist

My best moment ...

is yet to come I hope.

My inspiration ...

my wife

Arts & Humanities > English Language The decline and corruption of the English language: 3 of 13

I, for one, am of the opinion that the English language is, and has been for a long time, slowly degrading. There seems to be a large catalogue of articles on this subject and it has been an important topic for linguists, philosophers, writers, literary critics (and the enlightened public at large) for a long (long) time. Probably the most famous vocal commentator on the issue in recent years being George Orwell who constantly bemoaned this state of affairs in many of his critical and literary works- his astute thoughts on the subject are too numerous to quote here suffice to say they have...
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