The division of English into Old English, Middle English, and Modern English is nonconventional and not arbitrary.
正确答案: 错误
本题解析:
大家都能接受英语被划分为古英语、中世纪英语和现代英语 3个历史阶段的划分方法,这种划分是随意的、约定俗成的,历史语言学家们之所以把语言划分为不同的历史时期,是因为他们想有一个更方便的、更切合实际的研究语言变化的方法。这绝不意味着古英语是在某一特定的时间阶段转化成中世纪英语的。改正:The division of English into Old English, Middle English, and Modern English is conventional and somewhat arbitrary.
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