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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acceptable language" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to language that is considered appropriate or suitable in a particular context, such as formal writing or professional communication.
Example: "In our workplace, we expect all employees to use acceptable language in their emails and reports."
Alternatives: "appropriate language" or "suitable language".
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"Not in acceptable language, no," he said.
Perhaps the company could start with lessons in acceptable language in public discourse.
Fillon, like Prime Minister Theresa May in Britain, wanted to repackage nationalist policies into more acceptable language.
He acknowledged that he was not always sure what was or was not acceptable language when it came to race.
Those close to US diplomatic strategy expect he would not have returned so soon unless negotiators had arrived at acceptable language.
The FA is unlikely to be able to offer any guidelines on acceptable language, given that the response to specific words is subjective.
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Sarcastically, the white prosecutor (John Rubinstein) asks a witness, "When comedians like Chris Rock or Eddie Murphy use the 'n' word in their comedy routine, are white people allowed to laugh?" As the rules for acceptable television language relax, "Any Day Now" has put this freedom to the best possible use, examining language itself with great care and perception.
The replacement of the word "torture" with "enhanced interrogation technique" is an extension of politically correct logic: brutal violence practised by the state is made publicly acceptable when language is changed.
And terms like "substance abuser" have been shown to make even medical professionals more likely to see punitive approaches as acceptable: better language is "substance use disorder" or "addiction".
And - as early Christian writers loved to remind their public - God speaks through a book that is full of grotesque oddities at first reading and is not written in acceptable literary language.
His solution to the split between what supposedly belongs in public and what supposedly belongs in private was to develop an alternate, acceptable pictorial language that he thought could express what he wanted to express in ways that wouldn't offend.
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Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com