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Which grammatical approach became popular in the XIX century?

Classical scientific approach

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Why was the grammatical approach popular in the XVIII century called "prescriptive"?

Because the aim was to fix the "correct" grammatical rules

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Which mood of verbs lost all the endings in the Late Modern English?

Subjunctive

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What were two main directions in the Enlightenment and their representatives?

Moderate (Rene Descartes, John Locke, Immanuel Kant) and radical (Benedict de Spinoza)

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Who was the first to systematize the origin of words in a dictionary?

Nathan Bailey

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Which historical event resulted in borrowing words from such languages as Hindi, Maori, etc.?

Colonization by the British Empire

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What led to the Civil War in the US?

Slave Trade

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Where did the expression "Boston tea party" originate from?

1773 - protest of Americans against British taxation law (destroying tea of British)

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Which effect did the first industrial revolution have on the society?

Growing standards of living, urbanization, increase in literacy rate

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Which types of word-building have become popular in the Late Modern English period?

Contraction, reversion, blending

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What did American revolution lead to, in regard to the development of the English language?

territorial segregation and dialectal differentiation

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What were Thomas Sheridan and John Walker famous for?

publishing dictionaries and grammar books with critical notes

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In which dialect is omission of subjects in relative clauses popular?

Cockney

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