Subj : Women don't like rain
To   : Anton Shepelev
From : Alexander Koryagin
Date : Tue Jun 25 2019 09:48:18

Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 24.06.2019 19:45

 AS>>> whereas your use of "wanna" and "inside of" can make any literate
 AS>>> person's nails turn blue :-)
 AK>> 90% of people use informal speech. It makes them not look too
 AK>> green and blue. ;-)

 AS> As in inexperienced and sad? I think not so. To me, emphatically
 AS> informal language written by educated people only shows their
 AS> carelessness and makes them seem lowbrow teenagers. It is quite
 AS> appropriate and natural, however, in the verbal speech of those who
 AS> do not know better.

When a person is in a company of friends he never speaks formally. And he 
should not to. It is too loathsome, IMHO. As for "inside/inside of" formally 
you are right, but there are many opinions on this account. For instance:

-----Beginning of the citation-----
inside me or inside of me?

Q:
Which one is correct in the following sentence?
"I have a feeling of guilt inside me or ...inside of me."

A:
Both are usable.

Between these two, if said with no particular emphasis, I would probably use 
"inside me." Perhaps, if I were emphasizing said part of the sentence, I would 
more likely use "inside of me."

i.e.,

I have a feeling of guilt inside me. (no particular emphasis)

vs.

I have a feeling of guilt inside of me. (with emphasis)

(does not need to be so, though)

http://tinyurl.com/yxacrj6f
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 AS> Futher more, informal language is more primitive than literate
 AS> language, has lower expressive power and weaker nuancing. Its
 AS> slipshod phraseology shows a disparaging attitude towards every
 AS> thing mentioned and every thought uttered. Consider, for example,
 AS> app vs. program or selfie vs. autoportrait.

IMHO, they are just new words. Like a flash mob, blog, podcast etc. I don't 
like them, too. But the main feature of informal speech, AIUI, is making the 
talk more funny and humorous. It's like I see a school boy and cite the 
Shakespeare' lines:
-----Beginning of the citation-----
.....the whining school-boy, with his satchel
 And shining moaning face, creeping like snail
 Unwillingly to school.
----- The end of the citation -----
;-)

 AS> I believe one should learn from the best rather than from the
 AS> worst, and therefore commend the best Russian writers: Pushkin,
 AS> Tolstoy (especially his later and shorter works), Leskov, Garshin
 AS> and more recent Soviet writers, e.g. Alexander Grin, Boris Pilnyak,
 AS> Andrey Platonov, Chingiz Aitmatov, Yuriy Kazakov. I don't know any
 AS> talented writers in modern Russia, but am looking forward to
 AS> reading Dmitry Likhanov's "The Life of a White Bitch" (about a
 AS> dog). Have you read it already?

No, last time I don't read much - I have problems with my eyes. After work they 
are too tired. Before bed I can read 15 minutes, maximum. And I read some old 
stuff.

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2019

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