The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.
English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language.
However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow.
More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor.
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it.
America is a collection of people from different races, religions, and backgrounds - that is part of what makes us great. But a common language is what brings all of those people together to form a community.
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.