Question 1

Grammar can be defined as:

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A set of patterns for how words are put together

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The correct way in which punctuation should be used

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The correct way in which words should be spelled

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A set of rules which a language committee makes up

Question 2

A dialect of a given language may become the standard variety of that language…

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Mostly due to coincidental factors, and often due to being spoken by the people in power

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Because prescriptivists selected it

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Because it is the best and most correct version of that language

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Because it is the most expressive version of that language

Question 3

The spoken version of a language has:

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Its own grammar and regularities, which have evolved to serve the needs of the speakers who use it

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No grammar of its own; it is merely a collection of corrupted and incorrect utterances

Question 4

Descriptivism is an approach to examining language which:

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Aims to document how people actually use language and track innovations

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Aims to document language mistakes and eliminate them

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Aims to stop or slow changes in language

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Aims to teach people how to write correctly

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