Battle of the Flout and Flaunts

Bryan A. Garner and Robert Lane Greene spark a written dispute on how language should be properly used. Language is used everyday, all around the globe. The way it is used though, varies from place to place. Most of the time when using language, mistakes are ignored or even unnoticed. Both authors debate on how “descriptivists” and “prescriptivists” contrast. Garner, a prescriptivist, tries to tell the audience how to correctly use grammar while at the same time contrasts against Greene's ideals, a descriptivist, who describes grammar without criticizing the misuse. I must say that I agree with Greene as he tries to present the idea that "language must grow and change."There is evidence of this happening all around us. The increase of slang in younger generations shows how language evolves to fit comfortably in people way of expressing their opinions.
Both debaters use logos as their rhetoric mode. The present of other authors in their arguments are example of logos they used. The ideas of famous writers reflect well with their point they are trying to get across. There are many examples of debates that use logos to support their arguments. Many political debates are examples. "If I had the power, I’d now declare the Language Wars officially at an end." (Garner) He implies how this dispute over right and wrong in grammar might never end. There is so much to cover that it seems it might be the longest war ever.