What about the existence of a learned language, or a literary language?

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Mr Bellos shows that the world is very eager to familiarise itself with English, both as a vehicular language, (routinely used in the corridors of the EU, and in academia for example) and as a literary language.

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He is the most important figure in twentieth-century English-language literary culture.

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Mr Maduro read from the letter, which contained flowery language and literary quotes, for about 15 minutes.

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It's a fine European language with an outstanding literary tradition Cervantes, Borges, Paz, Vargas Llosa and it would do you no harm to learn it.

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He learnt the language from scratch, made his literary debut in 1993, has a column in the Volkskrant, a national newspaper, and has won several awards for both journalism and fiction.

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The main reasons for the sloppy language, which would send many literary purists reeling, is the demise of the secretary - who used to check for spelling mistakes - and time constraints, the Business Strategy Review said.

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My poetry editor, Sam Witt, and I typically begin the process by discovering an innovative literary work, one that explores the possibilities of language beyond the standard 19th century model that is (unaccountably) still used today.

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