My concern is less about the evolution of language - it's inevitable and there are plenty of examples of things that in olden days were looked on as something shocking - than about the class division that's going to be marked by an inability to use standard English. I have no problem with people using words like "gonna" and other informalisms as long as it's contex-appropriate. But when you're unable to switch out of an informal context it marks you as ignorant. It's kind of like a musician learning all the classical rules of music so they can then go break them playing wild improvisatory jazz. You learn the whole toolbox, and then you can choose the tool that's appropriate. If all you've got is a hammer, you're going to be seriously limited in how you can apply it.
I'm gonna quit now before I come up with another dumb metaphor.
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