[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze

One could also argue that the evolution of language is more like rotting than maturing. In which case there might be a point at which a restart is necessary (perhaps through a new civilization after some sweeping disaster).

I like this idea:

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only bent upon splitting infinitives, dangling participles, and using double negatives and "could care less" instead of "couldn't care less" continually.
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for I could care less what shall happen with them.