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It is claimed that the destructive influence of advertising is obviously seen in the native language. The use of slogans and catch phrases makes children imitate them instinctively and emasculate the language they use. They often repeat what they do not understand at all. Moreover, the phrases or slogans are wrongly translated from foreign languages and keep on encumbering the native language with errors, incorrect structures or foreign words.