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"Account" or "Account"?
Expected 'account'!
recently
When the reporter from Changjiang Daily logged into WeChat, he saw that
Multiple places use "accounts"
"Account and Security"
"Retrieve account password" "Unblock account"
"Freeze account", "Complaint account"
Topic # Many people cannot distinguish between accounts#
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Triggering enthusiastic discussions among netizens
Some netizens have expressed that
The first time I knew
"I immediately typed this word on the keyboard"
Some people say that
"I have always been concerned about this typo."
"It's better to correct it, it's troublesome to make mistakes in the exam."
Multiple social platforms and software
Still using "account"
Last April, Changjiang Daily published a report on the all media platform, disclosing that "account" was used in many expressions related to user login pages, user agreements, privacy policies, etc. of multiple social platforms and software, such as WeChat, QQ, Weibo, Tiktok, Baidu, Today Toutiao, Zhihu, Douban, Xiaohongshu, etc.
The reporter consulted the 7th edition of the Modern Chinese Dictionary and found that there is only "account" in it. There are two definitions for "tent": first, it refers to "something made of cloth, yarn, or silk for covering," such as "mosquito net" and "tent"; The second is the old account.
According to Wang Nan, editor and reviewer at the Institute of Languages, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the correct way to write "account" in the past is now "account". Cao Zhiyun, a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Language and Writing Commission and a professor at Zhejiang Normal University, stated that "account" and "account" should not be mixed, that is, "account" should not be written as "account". Associate Professor Wang Geng from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law told reporters that ancient people often recorded accounts on cloth and hung them up for preservation, so they called daily accounts "accounts". Later, in order to separate them from curtains, they created the phonetic characters "accounts" to indicate that they were related to money and wealth.
The full media coverage of Changjiang Daily has been reprinted by multiple media outlets such as Overseas Network and Justice Network. Southeast Network Magazine commented that in the era of the internet, what needs to be corrected is not only "accounts", but also similar "make the right move". Rednet published a comment stating that online platforms with a large number of users should establish a sense of responsibility and not make mistakes.
Internet platform typography ranking
Account ranked first
The reporter has contacted multiple online platforms to provide feedback on expert opinions, suggesting that the "account" be changed to "account" as soon as possible. However, more than a year later, when the reporter inquired on July 8, he found that, except that Tiktok had changed the "account" in the relevant pages and content to "account", many other social software and platforms still used "account". The reporter noticed that "account" and "account" appeared simultaneously in the relevant statements of an Internet platform.
In June this year, the Research Report on the Phenomenon of Irregular Use of Words on the Internet released by the surging news showed that among the top 20 typographical errors on Internet platforms, the number one is "account".
A college student told reporters that he has been using "account" on login pages such as WeChat and Weibo for a long time, and has always believed that "account" is the correct usage.
Response from the National Language Commission
Wang Ruoxuan, Director of the Office of the Language and Writing Work Committee of Hubei University, stated in an interview with reporters that if online platforms make mistakes in their wording, it is irresponsible to historical and cultural aspects. She said that teenagers are still in the learning stage, and if they are influenced by mistakes for a long time, they will think that what is wrong is right.
The Law of the People's Republic of China on the National Common Language and Writing System clearly states that the state promotes Mandarin, promotes standardized Chinese characters, and the public service industry takes standardized Chinese characters as the basic service characters.
Xiao Jinsong, Vice Dean of the Tian Jiabing School of Education at Three Gorges University, called on online platforms to shoulder cultural responsibilities and not let typos become popular usage.
On July 4, when replying to the reporter of the Changjiang Daily, the staff of the State Language and Literacy Working Committee said that in view of the long-term misuse of the word "account" by several Internet platforms, they had drafted a letter to ask the Network Comprehensive Administration Bureau of the Central Cyberspace Office to guide these platforms to correct.
Except for "account" and "account"
Some netizens also pointed out that
Other common error prone words
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What other easily mistaken words/phrases have you seen?
