The changing English language All languages change over a period of time, for reasons which are imperfectly understood. The speech is really so integral (66) _____ form of human activity that it cannot be regarded as an entity in itself. For this reason, it is more exact to say that (67) ____ generation behave linguistically in a slightly different manner from (68) _____ predecessors. Young people are impatient of 69) _____ they often consider to be the stilted vocabulary and pronunciation of their elders, and like to show 70)_____ up-to-date they are by using the latest slang. (71) ________, as the years go by, some of that slang becomes standard usage. In any case, people slowly grow far (72) _____ receptive to linguistic novelties. So that by the time they reach their forties, they decry the slovenly speech of the younger generation. In this respect, language is a little (73) ______ fashion in dress. The informal clothes of one generation become the everyday wear of the next. Similarly, just as many young doctors and office workers (74) ______out their duties in casual clothes, so expressions which were once confined to slang and familiar conversation are assimilated (75) ______ their normal vocabulary.