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50 or 60 or 70 or 80%?

2]which statement does NOT describe prescriptivists[ language should be recorded not judges or language use should follow strict rules or language use should never change or language use should be judged and evaluated?

3]the words chemistry,sherbet,elixir and zero wer borrowed from which language?

2006-09-27 08:23:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

2 answers

1) I'm going to guess 80%, because 60% come from Latin alone. But it could be 70% because many Greek and Latin words are identical or very close in form, so they may be crediting those words to Latin.

2) Language should be recorded not judged

3) Arabic

2006-09-27 23:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 1 0

dont have the whole answer, but @ 55% of english came from latin

2006-09-27 08:26:46 · answer #2 · answered by dr schmitty 7 · 0 0

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