quinta-feira, 23 de fevereiro de 2017

BRITISH LITERATURE WORK

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"The split between the French-speaking Normans and peasant English-speaking Saxons still exists today in a curious fashion. The Normans, as the conquerors and rulers, became the upper-class of England and their speech metamorphosed into today's well-educated English - composed primarily of Latin-based vocabulary. The common everyday speech of most modern English speakers however is still directly based on the Anglo-Saxon."

                                                                                   By Pat Brown

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A) What is the base of the common everyday discourse of modern English speakers?
B) Who did folk become the upper class of England?
C) What is the main language of today's well-educated English language?

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  2. ANSWERS
    A. Mainly comprised of Latin-based vocabulary
    B. Conquerors and rulers
    w. Latin-based vocabulary. But the everyday discourse of most modern English speakers is still directly based on Anglo-Saxon. "

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  6. The everyday discourse of most modern English speakers is still directly based on Anglo-Saxon.B- The Normans, as conquerors and rulers, have become the upper class of England.
    C- The main language is Latin.

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  7. kelvin ayran, 7th

    a) The common everyday speech of most modern English speakers however is still directly based on the Anglo-Saxon

    b)The Normans, as the conquerors and rulers, became the upper-class of England

    c) well-educated English - composed primarily of Latin-based vocabulary


    these are all my answers about the text above!

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  8. A/ the common everyday epeech of most modern english speakers however is still directly based on the anglo-saxon. B/the normans as the conquerors and rulers became the upper-class of england. C/ the language is Latin.

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  9. a-the common everyday epeech of most modern english speakers however is still directly based on the anglo-saxon.
    b-the normans as the conquerors and rulers became the upper-class of england.
    c-well-educated English - composed primarily of Latin-based vocabulary

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  10. A) The common everyday epeech of most modern english speakers however is still directly based on the anglo-saxon.
    B)the normans as the conquerors and rulers became the upper-class of england.
    C)well-educated English - composed primarily of Latin-based vocabulary.

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  11. A-The cammon every speech of most modern english speaks however is still directly based on the saxon.B-The Normans,as the conquerors and rilers became the upper-class of englad.C-The language is Latin.

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