Does using a word processor affect a writer s style
The medium usually does do something to the message after all, even if Marshall McLuhan’ s claim that the medium simply is the message has been heard and largely forgotten now. The question matters. Ray Hammond, in his excellent guide The Writer and the Word Processor, predicts that over half the professional writers in Britain and the USA will be using word processors by the end of 1985. The best known recruit is Leu Deighton, from as long ago as 1968, though most users have only started since the microcomputer boom began in 1980.
Ironically word processing is in some ways psychologically more like writing in rough than typing, since it restores fluidity and provisionality to the text. The typist’ s dread of having to get out the Tippex, the scissors and paste, or of redoing the whole thing if he has any substantial second thoughts, can make him consistently choose the safer option in his sent
A. The style writers are employing
B. The way new writers are being recruited
C. The medium authors are using
D. The message authors are putting forward
| Does using a word processor affect a
writer’s style The medium usually does do something to the message after all,
even if Marshall McLuhan’s claim that the medium simply is the message has been
heard and largely forgotten now. The question matters. Ray Hammond, in his
excellent guide The Writer and the Word Processor (Coronet ￡2.95 pp224),
predicts that over half of the professional writers in Britain and the USA will
be using word processors by the end of 1995. The best-known recruit is Len
Deighton, from as long ago as 1968, though most users have only started since
the micro-computer boom began in 1980. Ironically word processing is in some ways psychologically more like writing in rough than typing, since it restores fluidity and provisionality to the text. The typist’s dread of having to get out the Tippex, the scissors and paste, or of redoin A. (A) The style they are employing. B. (B) The medium they are using. C. (C) The way they are being recruited. D. (D) The paper they are writing on. [单项选择]
{{B}}TEXT C{{/B}} Does using a word processor affect a writer’s style The medium usually does do something to the message after all, even if Marshall McLuhan’s claim that the medium simply is the message has been heard and largely forgotten now. The question matters. Ray Hammond, in his excellent guide The Writer and the Word Processor, predicts that over half the professional writers in Britain and the USA will be using word processors by the end of 1985. The best-known recruit is Len Deighton, from as long ago as 1968, though most users have only started since the microcomputer boom began in 1980. Ironically word processing is in some ways psychologically more like writing in rough than typing, since it restores fluidity and provisionality to the text. The typist’s dread of having to get out the Tippex, the scissors and paste, or of redoing the whole thing if he has any substantial second thoughts, can make him consistently A. The style writers are employing. B. The medium authors are using. C. The way new writers are being recruited. D. The message authors are putting forward. [填空题]Using word-part and contextual clues, we may infer that "biotelemetry" means the monitoring and measuring of a living organism’s ______ by the use of telemetry techniques.
[填空题]Often. reading through familiar word parts definitely helps understand the meaning of unfamiliar words one reads.
我来回答: 提交
|
