academic essay - 28/04/2018 00:51 EDT

Write a research essay of between 1500 and 2000 words max that critically discusses the following: For a long time, many English speakers have felt that the language was going to the dogs. All around them, people were talking about “parameters” and “life styles,” saying “disinterested” when they meant “uninterested,” “fulsome” when they meant “full.” To the pained listeners, it seemed that they were no longer part of this language group. To others, the complainers were fogies and snobs. The usages they objected to were cause not for grief but for celebration. They were pulsings of our linguistic lifeblood, proof that English was large, contained multitudes. Resource: Joan Acocella, ‘The English Wars’ in The New Yorker, 14 May 2012 Discuss the battle over the way we should speak – and write – from an editor’s perspective. Where and how should editors draw the line between prescriptivist and descriptivist approaches? I am allowing ten days for this project, I would prefer an Australian academic writer that is familiar with editing and publishing industry but it is not essential. I will require a list of all the references used in this essay.