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Marcel Berlins on changes in language (from the Guardian) Recently the Portuguese government approved a reform of the country’s spelling, bringing much of it into line with the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, most significantly...
Apparently, according to some French writers, not much – according to this article, very few modern French writers use it, and the decline in its use is due to the invasion of British usages...
Last Friday, in the Guardian, Simon Jenkins wrote that he welcomed the decision of the Scottish Qualifications Authority that they would accept text-message spellings in school examinations in “a direct challenge to the English...