My Essay on Language and Writing Standards

Chinese characters are a part of China’s long-standing history and culture, with a history of over 5,000 years. The emergence of writing opened a new chapter for the Chinese nation. In politics, language helps to safeguard a nation’s sovereignty and dignity, promotes national unity, and ensures the smooth implementation of policies. Economically, it facilitates the creation of a unified national market, eliminates barriers caused by different dialects, and contributes to the healthy development, continuous improvement, and prosperity of the market economy. Culturally, it aids in the preservation and promotion of traditional national culture, thereby strengthening national cohesion. In the field of technology, it directly drives the development of industries such as computing and communications, and influences the application and dissemination of all other high-tech technologies. In education, it helps to cultivate high-quality talents, providing the necessary human resources for societal development and progress. However, as society develops, there are more and more spelling mistakes, some of which are deliberately made. For example, people these days often say “what” as “xiaomi”, “classmates” as “tongxie”, and “I” as “ou”... Although these are some popular expressions, they are very harmful to children who are just learning to read. By the way, spelling mistakes are still very common these days! Take the signs of shops on the streets as an example: those selling clothes have signs that say “Yiyi Bishě”, those selling mosquito repellent use signs that read “Momo Wuwen”, and those selling electric bikes have signs that say “Lezai Qizhong”... After seeing so many of these, even I sometimes make spelling errors. Good heavens, is this still Chinese characters? Once, the teacher distributed the essays we submitted and even showed one of the students’ essays as an example: Today, I went to my grandmother’s house. As soon as she saw me arrive, she happily ran out to greet me. She gave me chicken soup again; my eyes lit up when I saw it, and I drank it all in one gulp – my stomach almost burst from the pressure. My grandmother is such a kind person... Just look; there are already 7 spelling mistakes in this sentence. It made us all burst into laughter, and the “creator” had no choice but to lower their head even further. There are not only literal errors, but also significant linguistic mistakes. One day, while watching the news broadcast, I heard that the hosts are selected through multiple rounds of screening. I never expected that even the hosts there would make such a mistake, pronouncing \"dào shù\" as \"dǎo shù\". At that time, I really wanted to help him correct his mistakes! I really wanted to catch those who used spelling errors carelessly or made them repeatedly, teach them a good lesson, and explain to them the importance of language and writing, so that they could correct their mistakes and make China a better place. To be honest, I don’t know why I bother with language and writing either. But in any case, I hope everyone will pay some attention to language and writing