Truss, who says she is a stickler for accuracy and not an obsessive pedant, thinks the English have lost touch with the language they invented and gave to the world. She pointedly does not single out the Americans for blame.

• 特鲁斯说自己是个坚持准确性但并非固执迂腐之人,她认为英国人已经不知道如何使用他们发明并供全世界使用的英语了,她很直截了当,不认为美国人应对此负责