What an ass. Everything changes. The question is, does the language become richer (good)? Or does it become poorer (bad and happening now)?
How many kids now know the difference between "bring" and "take" as one small example?
-particularly when it comes about out of laziness and the dumbing-down of grammar rules.
Language reflects a culture. So asking if language is becoming richer is a trick question. Is our culture becoming richer? Yeah, probably.
How many believe that "anyways" is actually a real word? :-(
Try "may" and "can", Petronski.
"May" denotes permission. While "Can" denotes ability.
Children and many adults know not the difference.
Jack.