调查：英国孩子爱用美式英语
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word="analysis">analysis</span> <span word="of">of</span> 74,000 <span word="short">short</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="littered">littered</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Americanisms">Americanisms</span>, <span word="exclamation">exclamation</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="references">references</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="celebrities">celebrities</span>.</p><p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entries">entries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span 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word="influence">influence</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="children">children</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Simon">Simon</span> <span word="Cowell">Cowell</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Argentinian">Argentinian</span> <span word="footballer">footballer</span> <span word="Lionel">Lionel</span> <span word="Messi">Messi</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="names">names</span> <span word="cropping">cropping</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="repeatedly">repeatedly</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="pupils">pupils</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="let">let</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="basic">basic</span> <span word="spelling">spelling</span>, <span word="punctuation">punctuation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="grammar">grammar</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Oxford">Oxford</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="Press">Press</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entries">entries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="BBC">BBC</span> <span word="Radio">Radio</span> 2’<span word="s">s</span> ‘500 <span word="Words">Words</span>’ <span word="competition">competition</span>.</p><p><span word="Children">Children</span> <span word="stumbled">stumbled</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="simple">simple</span> <span word="spellings">spellings</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> ‘<span word="does">does</span>’ <span word="and">and</span> ‘<span word="clothes">clothes</span>’ <span word="and">and</span> <span word="struggled">struggled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="tense">tense</span> <span word="correctly">correctly</span>, <span word="often">often</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> ‘<span word="rised">rised</span>’ <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> ‘<span word="rose">rose</span>’ <span word="or">or</span> ‘<span word="thinked">thinked</span>’ <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> ‘<span word="thought">thought</span>’.</p><p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="punctuation">punctuation</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="underused">underused</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="semi">semi</span>-<span word="colons">colons</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="marks">marks</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="letters">letters</span>.</p>
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