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Originally Posted by CraigS
Language is about connectedness.
If someone choses to commence a conversation with words like: "How they hangin' ", they are attempting to connect at a level of informality. If the receiver is not prepared to connect in that manner, there are options which may be exercised, to let the transmitter know that further communication will not be possible on that basis.
Language changes. Learn the changes. Don't get stuck by not adapting to the change.
Use all of it, I say (in the appropriate situation).
The more language one is aware of, the more related, useful and able to influence others, that person will become.
My 2 cents worth.
Cheers
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I agree. We get taught when we are young the 'proper' way to speak, but its only 'proper' for that moment in time. Languages are fluid, and change happens rapidly, often with several major shifts within a single lifetime. There have been many instances of groups trying to stop these shifts in language, and all have been unsuccessful. Dictionarys stopped trying to be proscriptive (telling you how it should be used) and became descriptive (telling you how it is used) a while back.
There are also many rules of grammar that make no sense. Why is it inherently bad to split an infinitive ("to boldy go") but OK to split a nominative ("the red car"). there is no reason apart from 'just because thats the way its done'