By the
way, do you think that some of us are a bit too free and loose with English these days-
notice I said "stuff like"

Many people are. When they speak 'correctly' they are often criticised for being too posh!

Western 'text speak' hasn't helped either. In fact, it's done more damage to an already wounded language.

We are lazy when we talk. Why use 4 words when the message can be communicated using 2?

Chinese is no different. When referring to 'tomorrow night' for example, 'Ming Wan' is often used instead of 'Ming tian Wan shang'.