In the first instance, almost no one teaches English like this. Where would it be used? In my old school, as I went there, they did say they were moving away from the style of English that succeeded this style in favour of clear and simple language, supposedly for clearer communication. That unadorned English lacks impact though. It is as if they want the bare bones and nothing else. I tend to disagree with your claim that no one thinks in this way anymore, I'm sure some do but they are rare and even then not all the time. I do write and express myself in that way and the effect can be loving and practical but it is not always light in it's consequences. One lady I knew said to me after a short time, "this is like a dream" and then some time after that said this is "too deep and intense", "please keep it short, sweet and light". Yet it was the latter in many ways. That is the issue of not always being able to control the effect of one's words upon another especially at a distance. But I agree, it is a total communication and people are not used to that. What is life without depth? I understand that in Shakespeare's time, people talked like in the plays. Can anyone here confirm that? How extraordinary that would sound today.
