It was always the 800 lb Gorilla and the Elephant in the room, not sure where the change came from.

Below is an excerpt from an essay by George Orwell regarding the decline of the English Language.

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is
Generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent,
and our language — so the arguments runs — must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows
that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to
electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language
is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes.


Here is the entire piece