Discussion
The following statements relate to the early history of the English language. Identify the set that gives INCORRECT statements :
1. English has borrowed words such as sky, give, law, and leg from Norse.
2. English has also borrowed some pronouns like they, their, them from Norse.
3. In grammar, Modern English is much more highly inflected than Old English.
4. After the Norman Conquest, French became the language of the court, the language of nobility and polite society, and literature.
5. Following the Norman Conquest, French virtually replaced English as the language of the people.
6. Among the French words that came into English are : study, logic, grammar, noun, etc.
Answer: B
The incorrect statements are 3 and 5, so the answer is 3, 5.
Statement 3 is false because Modern English has lost most of Old English's inflections. Statement 5 is false because French became the language of the court and nobility but did not replace English as the language of the people.
Statements 1, 2, 4 and 6 are correct: English borrowed sky, give, law, leg and they, their, them from Norse, and French words such as study and grammar entered English after the Conquest. So the other options name correct statements.
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