首页
登录
职称英语
For more than 600 years people have complained that youngsters cannot write
For more than 600 years people have complained that youngsters cannot write
游客
2024-01-15
6
管理
问题
For more than 600 years people have complained that youngsters cannot write proper English anymore. Two universal truths emerge: languages are always changing, and older people always worry that the young are not taking proper care of the language.
The problem is that conservatism works differently on writing than it does on speech. Writing is more permanent, so people choose their words carefully and conservatively. It is slow and considered, so people can avoid new usages widely seen as mistakes. It is taught carefully by adults to children, which naturally has some conservative influence on the written language. And it is often edited, so a young journalist with a casual style may well be edited to a more traditional one by an older editor.
Speech is different: instead of permanent, slow, considered and taught, it is impermanent, fast, and learned naturally by children from their surroundings. Speech will— at almost any level of language conservatism—change faster than written language.
In this imperfect world, then, written language only partly reflects speech. Younger writers introduce spoken or new words or usages into their writing, annoying their elders as they do. But no one dare to be casual in spelling: English-speakers are stuck with an ancient system. Liberties with grammar—making the written language look like the spoken one— should be few and cautious. Giving the written language a little room to change, but not too much, is the only way to enjoy the best of both stability and vitality. The alternative— perfectly conservative writing—will make writing less and less like the language future generations will speak, and thus less relevant to writing about the world they live in. [br] Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
选项
A、Writing changes as fast as speech.
B、Children do not write as well as adults.
C、Speech changes faster than writing.
D、Older people make fewer mistakes in speech.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3365985.html
相关试题推荐
______withhisperformance,allthepeoplepresentscreamedwithjoy.A、Thrillin
Therearetwotypesofpeopleintheworld.Althoughtheyhaveequaldegree
Therearetwotypesofpeopleintheworld.Althoughtheyhaveequaldegree
Therearetwotypesofpeopleintheworld.Althoughtheyhaveequaldegree
InChinaitisrelativelyusualtoaskpeopletheirage,butintheWestthi
Littlechildren(willlisten)(what)peoplesayand(tryto)imitate(what)they
Weallknowthatitispossibleforordinarypeopletomaketheirhomesonth
Weallknowthatitispossibleforordinarypeopletomaketheirhomesonth
Weallknowthatitispossibleforordinarypeopletomaketheirhomesonth
Amancannotsmilelikeachild,______achildsmileswithhiseyes,whileama
随机试题
【S1】[br]【S7】can—could本题考查时态。此句中Hecoulddoall提示此句应使用过去时态,而nonaturalcatcan为
Workingtoaclearplanduringanemergencywillhelptoensurethatyouare
对于顺序型变量,应采取下列哪种相关系数最为合适?()A.Spearman相关
对专家型教师和新手型教师的比较研究发现,专家型教师的课时计划简洁、灵活,具有前瞻
关于证券投资技术分析的要素,下冽表述正确的有( )。 Ⅰ.当价格下跌时,成交
翻译的初级产物中能被羟化修饰的氨基酸是A.丝氨酸 B.脯氨酸 C.酪氨酸
男性,40岁。下肢轻度浮肿6年,加重伴视物模糊、尿量减少1周。血压180/135
甲氨蝶呤的化学结构类似于 A.叶酸B.次黄嘌呤C.胸腺嘧啶D.谷氨酰胺
总折旧固定资产中应当包含土地。( )
遥感影像经过计算机分类后,一般需进行的后处理有( )。A.条文消除 B.光滑
最新回复
(
0
)