The passage contains 10 errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. For a wrong word underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word mark the position of the missing word with a " /~ " sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word cross the unnecessary word with a slash "/" and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line. It is in generally agreed the written form of a natural language is the 1.______ written record of the oral form. Naturally the written form should agree to 2.______ the oral form. This is fairly true of English in its earlier stage, i.e. Old 3.______ English. The speech of the time was represented very much faithfully in 4.______ writing than it is today. With the development of the language, more and more differences occur between the two. The external reason for this is that 5.______ the English alphabet was adopted from Romans, which does not have a 6.______ separate letter to represent each sound in the language so as that some letters 7.______ must do double duty or work together in combination. Another reason is as the pronunciation has changed more rapidly than 8.______ spelling over the years, and in some cases the two have drawn far away. 9.______ During the last five hundred years, though the sounds of speech have changed considerably, there have been no corresponding changes of spelling. Furthermore, while English borrowed words from other 10.______ languages, it borrowed spelling as well. The early borrowings were assimilated and the later ones, however, do not conform to the rules of English pronunciation and spelling.