Language mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
War is what happens when language fails.
Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.
Language changes very fast.
One of the more urp-making habits of media mavens is presuming to speak for the American people, as in 'The American people won't stand for this!'
We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.
Language cares.
There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all.
When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.
Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.