The Importance Of English Language

If you look at the great authors throughout history, from Shakespeare to Hawthorne or even a present-day author, the English and the language that they use in their writing has altered, changed, decayed, and digressed as time has passed the human race. Language in itself is already diverse. There are thousands of different ways to say the same simple phrase, but it is thought today, perhaps now more than ever, that the English language is and has been “decaying” or becoming unsatisfactory. In today’s world of technology, it is hard to tell the reason that language could be seen as decaying. Perhaps technology is the reason that language is seen as decaying, but language has been changing and evolving since it began, each dialect and form

There are one hundred different languages to say one simple phrase in, but at the same time, there are one hundred different ways to say the same simple phrase in one language. For example, you could refer to your favorite Coke product using a plethora of terms and phrases, such as but not limited to a carbonated beverage, soda, pop, and even soda pop. People of different dialects across the United States refer to the same thing is a variety of different ways, but does our conformity to speaking plainly so others will understand mean that our language is decaying? No, most definitely not. I read and understand Shakespeare just as well as I read and understand text messages from my friends, but their lack of eloquence or the sheer presence of the eloquence in their messages does not mean a deficit in their use of language. We have moved passed the time when speaking eloquently meant that you were educated and that was something to flaunt. Extraordinary language is no longer left to the Shakespeares of our time, and plain language is not longer left to the uneducated of our time. A diversity in language does not imply a decay because to me a diversity in language is an