人们写文章,是为了立言,传授思想。(《写作》82年2期11页) 传授是“教”的意思,它和“传播”意思有点相近,但用法上差别颇大,绝不能混用。象这里的“传授思想”就叫人难以理解,因为我们可以传授知识,或者传授某种技术;然而思想是无法传授的。这里本来该用“传播”,但是现在人们写文章,又往往不止于传播思想这个目的。为了更客观些,可改成“人们写文章,主要 People write articles in order to make statements and teach thoughts. (Writing 82, No. 2, p. 11) Teaching is the meaning of “teaching,” which is somewhat similar to the meaning of “communication,” but the usage varies greatly and must not be mixed. “Teaching ideas” here is hard to understand because we can impart knowledge or teach some kind of technology; but our ideas can not be taught. It was supposed to be “spread” here, but nowadays people write articles, often more than the purpose of spreading ideas. In order to be more objective, can be changed to "people write articles, mainly