the correct text in the passage.
Which two parts of the
passage explain why English scholars felt a dire need to
set standards for the
English language?
One might think
that proud English writers would welcome a broader readership. However, quite
that English was a
great language, many felt that it was in danger.
According to some scholars,
the opposite happened. Though scholars agreed
spoke, they corrupted the
English language.
when poorly educated people read, wrote, and
Today, if you do not know how to spell a word, you
look it up in the dictionary, During the early eighteenth century, there were few dictionaries.
that did exist were mainly collections of difficult words or translation dictionaries (Latin to English, for example). There
Those
the" correct" way to use or spell words.
was no authority on