After more than a year of continuous reporting before and after the Yangtze River, WeChat, Weibo, QQ and other login pages and related expressions finally changed "account" to "account". This makes one wonder, why is it so difficult to fix a typo?
There is a historical reason why "account number" has been commonly written as "account number" for a long time.
The ancients often recorded the accounts on the cloth and hung them for preservation, so the daily accounts were called "accounts". For a long time, "ledger", "bookkeeping", "accounting", etc. were highly used words. Decades after the founding of the People's Republic of China, these words are still in use.
Modern Chinese Dictionary explains "account" and "account".
In ancient times, shellfish was related to money, and in order to separate from the tent, the predecessors created the shape and sound word "account". "Account" and "account" coexist when used to express money, so much so that there have been "account books" and "account books", which makes many people think that today "account number" can also be written as "account number".
The language and writing standards issued at the national level more than 20 years ago make a clear distinction between the use of "account" and "account", and the two words can no longer coexist when expressing money.
In the "First Batch of Heteromorphic Words Collation Table" issued by the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission on December 19, 2001 and implemented on a trial basis on March 31, 2002, it is recommended to use "account book" instead of "account book". In this regard, it is also explained in the form of annotations: "account" is the differentiation word of "account", and "account" is used for the recording of the entry and exit of money and goods, debts, etc., such as "account book, account report, debit, account repayment", etc.;"Tent" refers specifically to shelters made of cloth, yarn, silk, etc., such as "mosquito nets, tents, green gauze tents (figurative usage)", etc.
It is undeniable that there are historical reasons for the confused use of "account" and "account", but today's confusion is the use of typos.
In 2009, the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued a legislative technical specification that clearly states: "When expressing the meaning of currency, records of goods entering and exiting, account books and debts, 'account' is used, not 'account'." The 7th edition of the Modern Chinese Dictionary also clarifies that "account" is used in the records of the entry and exit of money and goods, and entries such as "account number", "account" and "account book" are included.
Behind the difficulty of correcting a typo, in addition to the confusion caused by historical reasons and the difficulty of distinguishing the accurate usage of "account" and "account", another important reason may be the lack of reverence for the standardized use of Chinese characters.
Whether it is an individual or an organization, it is a responsibility and an obligation to use standardized Chinese characters. With regard to the non-standard use of Chinese characters, the language work departments should perform their duties of management and supervision in accordance with the requirements of the "Law on the Common Spoken and Written Language of the State."
It is important to note that the use of "account number" as "account number" is still common. This exists not only in the daily expression and writing of individuals, but also in the content released by the unit, not only some red-headed documents and even some laws and regulations also use "account numbers".
*It took more than a year to push to fix a typo, which was a long process. Today, whether it is to emphasize cultural self-confidence or to build a cultural power, the most basic point is to be able to standardize the use of Chinese characters. You can no longer let "account number" be universally written as "account number".
Yangtze River ** reporter Zhu Jianhua).
Editor: Wang Rongfei].
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