What was the original title of Roget's Thesaurus?
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Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
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What was the original title of Roget's Thesaurus?
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Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
What term describes English used worldwide among speakers of different native languages?
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English as a lingua franca
Which 1762 book by Robert Lowth helped standardize English grammar?
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A Short Introduction to English Grammar
What term names a word formed from initial letters, such as NATO?
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acronym
What is the usual word order of basic English declarative clauses?
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subject-verb-object
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What term describes English used worldwide among speakers of different native languages?
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English as a lingua franca
Which 1762 book by Robert Lowth helped standardize English grammar?
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A Short Introduction to English Grammar
What is the usual word order of basic English declarative clauses?
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subject-verb-object
What punctuation mark shows possession in the phrase "Sarah's book"?
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apostrophe
Which cathedral library received the Exeter Book from Bishop Leofric in 1072?
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Exeter Cathedral
Which Old English poem is attributed by Bede to an illiterate cow-herder at Whitby?
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Cædmon's Hymn
Which accent is commonly abbreviated RP in discussions of British English?
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Received Pronunciation
The Great Vowel Shift mainly altered which Middle English sounds?
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long vowels