Grammatical Change

Question 1

Old English (2)

Answer 1

Relied on a complex system of inflections (word endings) to indicate possession, negation, etc.
Standardisation of plurals – ‘eyen’ ‘eyes’

Question 2

18th century (2)

Answer 2

Began the process of standardisation. Many rules were based on the model of Latin and are still followed today e.g. NO to ending a sentence with a preposition

Question 3

18th and 19th centuries (4)

Answer 3

Employed a formal style using complex sentences, multiple subordination, embedded clauses and delayed subject

Question 4

21st Century (4)

Answer 4

Adverbs being replaced by adjectives
Irregular verbs still altering ‘I’ve wrote it’
‘whom’ is disappearing
Toleration of non-standard grammar ‘gotten’

Question 5

So how is it different grammatically? (2)

Answer 5

The verb form is different, with the modern version using an auxiliary have + past participle (have known) instead of simple past (I knew) with the negative inserted after the subject.
the adverb ‘simply’ has changed to ‘just’

Question 6

Passive v Active tense

Answer 6

‘I guessed there was some mischief contriving’ (active, in the 18th century)

Question 7

The influence of American English (2)

Answer 7

She dove into the water. (American)

She dived into the water. (English)

Question 8

The appropriate v the correct

Answer 8

I wish I was or I wish I were?

Shall or will?

Question 9

Grammatical change example

Answer 9

‘Drive confident’- confident (primarily an abstract noun) has become an adverb to describe the driving