McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms—he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful.

McWhorter承认正式的语言并不是绝对必要的，也没有提出任何激进的教育改革——他实际上是在为失去一些美丽但相对不实用的东西而悲伤。