Another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. At one extreme it has been the property of the common, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, much as they have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans. At the other extreme it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty.
As we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us.
One is that since the time of the Anglo-Saxons(盎格鲁撒克逊人)there has been an almost complete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a sentence. Anglo-Saxon(old English)was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function words, you should understand, are words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have survived. And when some word inflections come into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall see later when we turn our attention to such matters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I.
The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. The 18th century, for example, produced from various sources a tendency to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write.
In the past 100 years of development, the English language ______.
A.has been changing violently all the time
B.has been static all the time
C.has been changing slightly sometimes
D.has been static sometimes
第1题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
第2题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
第3题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
第4题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
第5题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
第6题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
第7题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
第8题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
第9题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
第10题
A.监管屡屡“迟到”的主要原因在于个别监管者的在职不管事或在位不作为
B.一些监管者在工作中麻木不仁
C.自身思想认识的不足是导致监管者“无心作为”的根本原因
D.“不求有功但求无过”的思想的产生有着多方面的原因
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