Discuss and evaluate the kinds of judgments ordinary people and modern linguists have been prepared to make about "good" and "bad" English.

... Name : Mr. Selva Kumar SIM PI No. : N0300683 TMA : 02 Course Code : UZS210 Tutor's Name : Ms Tan Li Na Daisy 1a. "Language is not decaying due to neglect. It is just changing, like it always did." (Jean Aitchison, Chapter 9, Reading C, English: history, diversity and change) Discuss and evaluate the kinds of judgments ordinary people and modern linguists have been prepared to make about "good" and "bad" English. Numerous ordinary people, like myself, as well as modern linguists have made many judgments about the English language, which appear both common and controversial. The various complaints over the quality of the English language are far spread in English speaking countries. These complaints are generally targeted at the quality of British or American English rather than the local variety of Standard English that is spoken in many English-speaking countries. Jean Aitchison states that language will always change and that it is no use trying to "grumble" about this change as

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