Passage2Twentyyearsago,theBritishinventorTimBerners-Leecreatedtheworld’sfirstwebpage.ItisworthpausingtoconsidertheextraordinaryimpactthathisinventionhashadontheEnglishlanguage.　　Therearenowthoughttobesome4.5billionwebpagesworldwide.Somelinguistspredictthatwithin10yearsEnglishwillruletheInternet—butinformsverydifferenttowhatweacceptandrecognizeasEnglishtoday.　　Everydaywordslikegoogle,unfriendandappsimplydidn’texistin1990.　　Evenmorewordshavehadunexpectedshiftsinmeaninginthosetwodecades.IfyouhadmentionedtweetingtoanEnglish-speakerafewyearsago,hewouldhaveassumedyouweretalkingaboutbirdnoises,nottheuseofthemicrobloggingsiteTwitter.　　Longago,ifsomeonelivedonline,itdidn’tmeantheyspenteverywakingminuteontheInternet,butthattheytravelledaroundwiththerailnetwork.Andwirelessstillmeans,toanyoneofacertainage,aradio—notthesystemforgettingInternetpageswithoutwires.“TheInternetisanamazingmediumforlanguages,”saidDavidCrystal,honoraryprofessoroflinguisticsattheUniversityofBangor.“LanguageitselfchangesslowlybuttheInternethasspeededuptheprocessofthosechangessoyounoticethemmorequickly.”　　Englishisanextremelyinclusivelanguage,andifwordscontinuetobeusedforatleastfiveyearstheygenerallyendupintheOxfordEnglishDictionary.Butlessacceptedarethepeculiardialectsthathavesprungupamongsomeusers.Forexample,‘LOLcat’isaphonetic,grammatically-incorrectcaptionthataccompaniesapictureofacat,like“I’minurbedsleeping”.　　Inanarticlecalled“CatsCanHaveGrammar”thebloggerAnilDashreferredtoLOLcatas“kittypidgin”.ButdoessomethinglikeLOLcathavethestayingpowertobecomeanacceptedformofEnglish?　　NotaccordingtoProfessorCrystal.“Theyareallcleverlittledevelopmentsusedbyaverysmallnumberofpeople—thousandsratherthanmillions.Willtheybearoundin50years’time?Iwouldbeverysurprised.”56.Whichstatementistrueaccordingtothepassage?