Function: Throughout time many of todays languages didn't exist and Kate Burridge the author of "Colloquial Todays, Standard English Tomorrow" understands this and tries to explain about it. Even in the title she uses the word "Colloquial" which means "used in ordinary or familiar conversation" or in more simple term used everyday conversation. Then comes Burridge quote "Today's weeds may become tomorrow's beautiful and rewarding species" and to understand her text you need to understand what the quote means. Today when we think of weeds we think of those plants that grow all over and kill your plants that most people don’t like, but when Burridge uses "weeds" in her writing she referring them to the todays or that generations literacy issues
