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09-07-2016, 04:22 PM
Prince Charles blasts Twitter for posing 'mortal threat' to written English
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****** letter writer Prince Charles has so far resisted the lure of Twitter to hold forth on his many strong opinions on subjects spanning architecture and education — and **w we k**w why.
For the Prince of Wales, texting and social media have left the Queen's English "under mortal threat".
The outspoken Royal, speaking (http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/speeches/speech-hrh-the-prince-of-wales-the-royal-mail-500th-anniversary-reception) at an event to mark 500 years of Royal Mail, said, "In these days of texting and various social media apps, the well-constructed sentence is under mortal threat.
"I can only say how strongly I feel that the logical ordering of thoughts in proper, grammatically correct prose is in fact rather important at the end of the day." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/prince-charles-twitter-criticism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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****** letter writer Prince Charles has so far resisted the lure of Twitter to hold forth on his many strong opinions on subjects spanning architecture and education — and **w we k**w why.
For the Prince of Wales, texting and social media have left the Queen's English "under mortal threat".
The outspoken Royal, speaking (http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/speeches/speech-hrh-the-prince-of-wales-the-royal-mail-500th-anniversary-reception) at an event to mark 500 years of Royal Mail, said, "In these days of texting and various social media apps, the well-constructed sentence is under mortal threat.
"I can only say how strongly I feel that the logical ordering of thoughts in proper, grammatically correct prose is in fact rather important at the end of the day." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/prince-charles-twitter-criticism/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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