【144】每日一题 网络语言——老夏考研

【题目】空缺只能的最佳词汇是

[A] for.

[B] away.

[C] toward.

[D] out.

【答案】[C] toward

【试题】

①These are tough times for grammar snobs, those would-be avatars of flawless spelling and proper syntax who need look no further than a high-school friend’s Facebook posts or a family member’s text messages to find their treasured language being misused and neglected. ②Of course, split infinitives, dangling modifiers, and subject-verb disagreements have always appeared wherever words are uttered or keys are stroked. ③Montreal-based linguist Gretchen McCulloch challenges the idea that the rise of informal writing signals a trend _______ global idiocy. ④Instead, she marks it as an inevitable and necessary “disruption” in the way human beings communicate. ⑤“We’re creating new rules for typographical tone of voice. ⑥Not the kind of rules that are imposed from on high, but the kind of rules that emerge from the collective practice of a couple billion social monkeys — rules that enliven our social interactions,” she argues.

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