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Thread #132499 Message #4083559
Posted By: Doug Chadwick
15-Dec-20 - 08:47 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Deputy governor of Kabul slain in targeted killing
Did you understand it? Was there any possible ambiguity?
If the answers are "yes" and "no", respectively, then what is wrong with it? It meets the necessary requirements for communication.
English is a rich language with many different ways of saying the same thing. We should be celebrating that, not complaining about it. If we are going to be limited to a set list of approved words, how long will it be before we arrive at Newspeak?
DC