John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counterculture as responsible for the decline of formal English.

约翰麦克怀特是一位好辩论的语言学家，他的观点混杂着保守派和自由派的看法。

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As a belligerent controversialist himself, Pagels suggests, Athanasius liked its belligerently controversial qualities.

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He has proved himself an eager controversialist in several scientific fields, but here he seems unable to submit religion to the same rigorous questioning that he has applied elsewhere in his work.

ECONOMIST: Religion and science