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Hi Alan,
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Are all these words called "insert words"? Are there more? And why do we use them?
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 13:04 pm Horrendous |
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It seems Britain may be just as plagued by jargon, buzzwords and "talking heads" as the US is.
That is a pretty awful example of "English". And the source makes it all the more frightening. 
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 16:55 pm English is changing - is that frightening? |
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Hi Yankee,
You said:
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The English language is obviously changing. Why do you consider a particular variety of English awful?
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:01 pm Blah blah blah |
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Hi Englishuser, I think Amy wasn't referring to 'a particular variety of English'. She just said that this type of empty talk is rather useless and I agree with her.
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:01 pm Blah blah blah |
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| Yankee wrote: | | That is a pretty awful example of "English". |
| Englishuser wrote: | | The English language is obviously changing. Why do you consider a particular variety of English awful? |
Hi
Can I ask, whether in modern English 'example'= 'variety'?
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:08 pm Blah blah blah |
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Hi Torsten,
I should have asked why Yankee thinks that a particular register (rather than variety) of English is rather awful. To use slang and informal English is surely all right - and even expected - in certain contexts.
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:10 pm Blah blah blah |
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Hi Tamara,
Without nitpicking I would suggest that 'example' is used here to indicate a particular illustration of this type of language.
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:14 pm Blah blah blah |
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| Englishuser wrote: | To use slang and informal English is surely all right - and even expected - in certain contexts.
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Using/Use of slang is OK unless you're a Schools Minister. As David Miliband is.
Thanks, Alan.
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:15 pm Blah blah blah |
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| Englishuser wrote: | Hi Torsten,
I should have asked why Yankee thinks that a particular register (rather than variety) of English is or seems to be considered rather awful. To use slang and informal English is surely all right - and even expected - in certain contexts.
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Hi Englishuser, if you were to sum up the text passage Alan has quoted, how would you do it? What are the key facts of that message?
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:36 pm Blah blah blah |
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Hi Rosalisa,
My comment: 'Well, yeah -right - ok - see what yer mean - ain't it?' was meant to be a bit of a joke and really to laugh at the way the text I quoted was said/written. Please don't take it as good practice.
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:44 pm Blah blah blah |
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Hi Tamara,
You wrote:
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To use slang and informal English is surely all right - and even expected - in certain contexts.
Using/Use of slang is OK unless you're a Schools Minister. As David Miliband is. |
Are you correcting me?
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| Tue Nov 14, 2006 17:57 pm Blah blah blah |
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No.
I have no intention of correcting your English.
I just wasn't sure whether to-infinitive could be used that way.
At least, in English I'm trying to learn.
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