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When was Middle English? - ANS > When was Early Modern English? - ANS > When did Modern English begin? - ANS > 1700 Who introduced the printing press to England? - ANS > William Caxton When did William Caxton introduce the printing press to England? - ANS &g...

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Edexcel A Level English Language -
Variation Over Time Questions & Quality
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When was Middle English? - ANS > 1200-1400

When was Early Modern English? - ANS > 1400-1700

When did Modern English begin? - ANS > 1700

Who introduced the printing press to England? - ANS > William Caxton

When did William Caxton introduce the printing press to England? - ANS > 1476

When was the Renaissance? - ANS > 1500-1650

What happened during the Renaissance? - ANS > Increase in art, science, medicine
and culture.
Huge influx of new words.
Rise of literacy and desire to standardise.

What else did Caxton observe? - ANS > Language varied with location.

What location of speech did Caxton choose for printing books and why? - ANS > The
speech of London because it is the Capital.

How long after Caxton's printing press did English take to roughly standardise? - ANS
> 100 years

How long did spelling and punctuation take to settle after Caxton's printing press? - ANS
> Until the 17th century.

Why do many words contain silent letters (e.g. 'b' in 'debt')? - ANS > 16C scholars
tried to indicate history of words by altering spelling.

When was the age of exploration? - ANS > Late 16th century to early 17th century.

What happened during the age of exploration? - ANS > Loan words from other
languages.

When was Samuel Johnson's dictionary published? - ANS > 1755

When was Robert Lowth's grammar book produced? - ANS > 1762

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