In his Fight For English book, which David Crystal will be drawing on for his talk at the conference, he makes a convincing argument for the language being in a healthy state, naturally evolving to suit the needs of its users. It's interesting to see that he's not the only one who feels like this.
"Language is fine - it's thriving" is the conclusion of Martha Gill in this short article for The New Statesman magazine. She explains that "grammar is as naturally robust as DNA and it's actually the kids who are preserving it" and relates the development of English to Creole forms of the language.
It's a brief and focused article, so a good style model for the kind of thing we're after in our Write For English competition.
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