History_LME
What were the first attempts to standardize English grammar?
1762 - Robert Lowth: "A Short Introduction to English Grammar"; 1761 - Joseph Priestley: "The Rudiments of English Grammar", etc.
What did American revolution lead to, in regard to the development of the English language?
territorial segregation and dialectal differentiation
Which types of word-building have become popular in the Late Modern English period?
Contraction, reversion, blending