It is excruciating to write proper English also with modern media the voice of narration easily switches to American English.
I am not sure how big of a deal this is but it appears that British English is the literary language used in education both elementary and higher.
Now languages do change over time which is classified as the conservativity of languages. I think it shows good manners to be thankfull for this continuous refreshment of the oral and written languages
It is possible to revert to Shakespearian speech if one wants to show proficiency but this can be interpreted as snobism
The same way Arabic speakers will look estranged when one converses in Fusha Arabic one may get the same attitudes if she chooses to converse in pretentious English. The part about weird looks for spoken fusha in day-to-day interactions is something I accept prima facie since I have not experienced this myself but have heard it as hearsay from multiple sources.
Choosing English over ones motherlanguage is a choice than can be made for multiple reasons and more often than not this is not a choice that is made uniformly for all further conversation
For academic purposes however it is helping to keep writing in English since languages evolve so it is an ability that is lost over time
Alas one can learn Arabic as well but it seems that English is the standard
May God bless our souls and show us the light. May we be thankful for our blessings
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