Making English the official linguistic communication legislated on August 1. 1996. with Congress. A college professor. of English at the University of Illinois. wrote an essay called. “Don’t Make English Official-Ban It Instead” by Dennis Baron. The essay had appeared in the Washington Post on September 8. 1996. The given claim that Baron makes is that English should be banned. There were six given ground Baron stated and one of the few were English is non pure English any longer. English would decease out. and English ownership. who it would belong to.

He continued to back up his grounds and give illustrations. Many of his grounds consisted of his analogies. wit. and point of position. Dennis Baron’s sarcasm is effectual for the supporting oppositions of the official English measure because of his overplayed satirical wit. along with his usage of irony ; although his sarcasm is non effectual for the opposing oppositions because of his deficiency of grounds. his pick of a nonreversible statement. and his premises about what would go on with censoring English through-out the sarcasm. Even if the British are now our Alliess. there may be some benefit to censoring English today. ” ( Baron 870 ) is one of many satirical wit that Dennis Baron used ; supporting oppositions of the official English are effected here because of how he mocks the British.

Another usage of his wit is when he states. “We wouldn’t have to worry about whose English to do functionary. ( Baron 870 ) After Baron sated this. he questioned whether it to be. “English of England or American English? Of Chicago or New York? Of Ross Perot or William F. Buchley? ” ( Baron 870 ) The supporting oppositions of the official English measure were effected by Dennis Baron’s satirical wit. every bit good as the irony. throughout his sarcasm. With his irony and wit. he had given a few grounds with this use.