in the 18th century the need for standardization and regulation of English was summed up in the word………..

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• American English derives from …….. century British English.
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• The influence of Renaissance is most clearly seen in the introduction of a large number of …….. and …………… words into English during the early modern English period.
• Which Anglo- Irish writer proposed the creation of an English Academy to regulate English Usage and “ascertain” the language?
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• The remarkable changes in the pronunciation of vowels which took place during the transition from Middle English to Modern English are commonly referred to as the ………
• Identify the word that borrowed from Latin to English
• Identify the word that borrowed from French to English
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• “ A proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue” is the title of the letter by ………….