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Originally Posted by ctmagnus
Language tends to flow; when it gets "hacked" as in the example in Jon Westfall's post, it loses that flow, making it difficult to comprehend.
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I agree completely, but then I still cringe when I hear the word "ain't" used, and it's been legitimized through its appearance in the language's major dictionaries. I wasn't going to mention this at first (because I don't want to start down another path), but ctmagnus, I think that things like efforts to legitimize Ebonics also hacks the English language.