Many online platforms use typos, do you use "account" and "account" correctly?
"Account" is the norm
Wuhan Evening News (Reporter Zhang Weina) On April 28, a reader called this newspaper for help: I often use WeChat, whether it is a "WeChat account" or a "WeChat account", I hope the reporter can ask the experts for an accurate statement, so as not to use wrong.
According to readers’ feedback, the reporter opened his mobile phone and saw that “accounts” were used in many places on WeChat, such as “account and security”, “retrieve account password”, “unblock account”, “freeze account”, “unfreeze account” and “cancel account”. switch accounts" etc.
The reporter noticed that in addition to WeChat, QQ, Weibo, Douyin, Baidu, Toutiao, Zhihu, Douban, Xiaohongshu and other online platforms have used "accounts" many times, while some online platforms used "accounts" .
According to the doubts raised by readers about "account" or "account", Wang Nan, editor of the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who has participated in the revision and compilation of "Xinhua Dictionary" and "Modern Chinese Dictionary" for many times, replied to the reporter: "Account" was written in the past. , now the correct spelling is "account".
Zhang Ding, another expert in the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who participated in the revision of "Xinhua Dictionary" and "Modern Chinese Dictionary", introduced that "account" and "account" had some overlaps or entanglements in the past, but currently several important "modern Chinese dictionary" In Chinese Dictionary (such as "Modern Chinese Dictionary" 7th edition), "account" is the only form, and there is no word form for "account".
Cao Zhiyun, a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Language Work Committee and a professor at the School of Humanities of Zhejiang Normal University, said: In terms of fonts, "account" is from "bei", "account" is from "jin", obviously "account" should be used, not "account". .
He said that the word "account" in the seventh edition of "Modern Chinese Dictionary" is the same as "account", indicating that according to the current standard, "account" and "account" should not be mixed, that is, "account" should not be written as "account".
The interviewed experts urged that Chinese characters are the cultural genes of the Chinese nation, and everyone is responsible for consciously complying with the norms for the use of Chinese characters. An online platform with hundreds of millions of users should not turn a blind eye to irregular Chinese characters or even typos and other characters.
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