填空题

Languages are changing all the time, and the English language is no exception. Some people welcome change as healthy; other people regard it as inevitable, but do not welcome it; still other people welcome certain changes but not all; and still other people regard all changes as bad.
Professor Randolph Quirk pointed out: "Some .people imagine that there is one linguistic form on any given occasion, and that language is invariant. They imagine that the form they may have learnt in school is somehow correct and that any difference from it is only private and personal and certainly wrong. Now, for many years, we have been trying to get across to such people the fact that language is subtly different in expressions. Language will enable us to be friendly at one moment, to be dignified, to be pride, to be hurtful even. A single form of language isn’ t really able to do. all those things. "
The "protectors" of the language often accuse linguists of speeding the decline of the language. They would prefer the linguists to try to discourage certain developments. They linguists, on the other hand, are interested in finding out what actual usage is, and what this can tell us about human communication.
Different Opinions Languages are changing all the time and English is also changing
(46) . Some people welcome the change but other people do not’.
(47) partially welcome the change and still other people regard all
the changes as bad.
Professor Quirk’ s O-
pinion
Some people imagine that the form studied at school is somehow correct
and that any change is completely wrong, because they are (48)
For many years, we have been trying to make these people know that lan-
guage is changing.
" Protectors vs. Lin-
guists
The "protectors" of the language would prefer (49) to try to dis-
courage certain developments. On the other hand, the linguists, are
(50) finding out what actual usage is.

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