Hi Anton Shepelev!
I read your message on 29-Sep-2022
AK>> Can we put "I will" instead of "I shall" -- all people do it by
AK>> putting the shortening "'ll" after "I".
AS> No, many careful writes abstain from this practice, and so do I.
Simplification of English is a long life tendency. The simpler you speak
the bigger auditory listens to you. ;)
AK>> Everybody understand. So we can. ;)
AS> This utilitarian approach encourages negligient, slipshod language,
AS> furthering its degeneration, which in turn degrades our thinking
AS> and expression faculties by way of a vicious loop of positive
AS> feedback. No, thanks.
In English a great lot of words sound similarly, but the context of the
phrase usually gets the clue. Probably, not only the context, but even
the "melody" of phrase.
Bye Anton!
Alexander
fidonews 2022
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