The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee, but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.
For
40 years the society has championed good English – and hasn't been
above the occasional criticism of the Queen's own pronouncements – but
it has finally conceded that it cannot survive in the era of textspeak
and Twitter.
Having attempted to identify a role for the society
and its magazine, Quest, "for the next 40 years", the society chairman,
Rhea Williams, decided it was time to close. She announced the group's
demise in a terse message to members following the annual meeting, which
just 22 people attended. "Despite the sending out of a request for
nominations for chairman, vice-chairman, administrator, webmaster and
membership secretary, no one came forward to fill any role," she said.
"So I have to inform you that QES will no longer exist. There will be
one more Quest, then all activity will cease and the society will be
wound up. The effective date will be 30 June 2012."
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