Emoji

Emoji is important. In fact, it makes us more effective communicators in the digital ......

• age

• time

• year

Vyv Evans describes people who don't approve of emojis as the grammar ..... - a slang term referring to people who want to see formal language and grammar

• teachers

• police

• rulers

The grammar police criticise modern styles of English and like to correct other people's mistakes ..... spelling and grammar

• over

• about

• in

According to Professor Evans, the grammar police have a ...... view of emojis

• jeopardized

• jaundiced

• jellified

They only see the negative side of them because ..... their own ideas and experiences

• -

• on

• of

What's more, they think emojis are taking us ...... to the dark ages of illiteracy, when most people couldn't read or write

• back

• over

• forward

If someone refers to the dark ages, they mean a past time in history considered uncivilised, and .............. by ignorance

• characterising

• characterised

• characteristic

But luckily for emoji fans, the grammar police are in the .......

• middle

• majority

• minority

Over 6 billion emoji messages are ...... around the world every day

• sent

• being sent

• have been sent

With about 70 percent ....... emotion-based characters like [smiley face] and [blowing kisses].

• considering

• coinciding

• containing