[tm22721]

Wanting more formality in writing smacks of Jane Austen snobbery, not better communications.

Because I can understand most emails without a problem. Why ? They resemble the vernacular.

Get off your high horse and join the proles.

BUMP

[agere_contra]

Grammar is *about* communication. Poor writing skills are signs of poor thinking skills: typically those who cannot construct a formal sentence are incapable of syllogistic thought.

"Jane Austen snobbery"? What do you mean? Have you read Jane Austen? Is the ability to communicate snobbish?

Also: "proles". This is a term that denigrates those to whom it is applied. If you want to present yourself as a "prole" then go ahead: but leave us out of it.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

What we have here, is a lack of communication.

[TChris]

Wanting more formality in writing smacks of Jane Austen snobbery, not better communications.

What I got from the article was not that people want more formality in writing, but simply regular English. Like many fields, writing has some rules. Anarchy in writing leads to misunderstanding and frequently, as the article points out, to hard feelings. Actually, one of the subjects of the article was criticized for being too formal!