Language For Better or Worse

           Is Language Changing For Better or Worse?

    Language is widely known as tool for communication and even in distinguishing what culture we belong. Sometimes it becomes the center of debate when something has changed and most of all, what standard to be followed. English language as we all know has manifold intricacies with regard to standards. Most often, prescriptive and descriptive grammar are usually the end point of the argument.

     Nonetheless, I really admire Geoffrey Nunberg for his article, "The Decline of Grammar". His being impassioned to language compels him to make an ardent plea for country when grammarians assess a changing language. He elucidates how language particularly English language changes for the better or worse. Besides, the article focuses on how prescriptive grammar, also known as traditional grammar, and descriptive grammar affect the linguistic change. However, it seems so confusing where to derive the correct English, especially many grammarians and linguists are debating this subject. Some say that traditional grammar is more accurate than the other one. But some grammarians would say that making creative oral and written pieces do not rely and totally adhere to the rules of prescriptive grammar in which sometimes may contradict from each other. English language is extremely complex and has a lot of intricacies that I could not even grasp all the attributes of it. The underpinning of the language is might be tough but due to the changes of grammar it would probably decline. What grammars we are use by now, may perhaps, no longer acceptable in the next decade. Yet, no matter what happens to the English language, whether the prescriptivism or descriptivism will prevail, it is for us to decide. In fact, linguistic change is ineluctable in nature, but changing for the worse can be prevented and in such a way the grammar will not decline.