Q2:What is the main idea of Part One? This part is an introductory lead that presents an analytical comparison between what happened to writing when the telephone was invented and what is happening on computer networks now
Q2: What is the main idea of Part One? This part is an introductory lead that presents an analytical comparison between what happened to writing when the telephone was invented and what is happening on computer networks now
Part Two (Para.3-11) Para.3 Q1:What is the meaning of the first sentence of Para.3? It means that Jon Carroll firmly believes that E-mail and computer- conferencing demonstrate to a whole generation of people that language we use does not have to be always so formal as in traditional letter-writing;it can be used in a casual manner while still serving its purpose effectively. Q2:What is Jon Carroll? He is a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle
Part Two (Para.3-11) Para.3 Q1: What is the meaning of the first sentence of Para.3? It means that Jon Carroll firmly believes that E-mail and computerconferencing demonstrate to a whole generation of people that language we use does not have to be always so formal as in traditional letter-writing; it can be used in a casual manner while still serving its purpose effectively. Q2: What is Jon Carroll? He is a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle
Q3:With what does Patrick Nielsen Hayden compare electronic bulletin boards? He compares electronic bulletin boards with the 'scribblers'compacts"of the late 18th and early 19th centuries,in which members passed letters from hand to hand,adding a little more at each turn. Q4:To what does David Sewell liken netwriting? He likens netwriting to the literary scene Mark Twain discovered in San Francisco in 1860s,"when people were reinventing journalism by grafting it onto the tall-tale folk tradition
Q3: With what does Patrick Nielsen Hayden compare electronic bulletin boards? He compares electronic bulletin boards with the “scribblers’ compacts ” of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in which members passed letters from hand to hand, adding a little more at each turn. Q4: To what does David Sewell liken netwriting? He likens netwriting to the literary scene Mark Twain discovered in San Francisco in 1860s, “when people were reinventing journalism by grafting it onto the tall-tale folk tradition