language questions?

Question

French was merged with Old English by the:
1.Saxons
2.Danes
3.Normans

Anglo-Saxon words make up what fraction of the words used most in out language?
1.one-fourth
2.four-fifths
3.two-fifths

All languages follow the rules of a grammar.
true/false

English literature was a relativily recent development, as most Old and early Middle English periods were in Latin or French.
True/False

thanks for the help ^^

Answer 1

3. Normans

Depending what counts as "the words used most", it's probably 4/5. I'd say 8 of the 10 most frequently used words, and probably 80 of the 100, but less than 800 of the 1000.

grammar: true

Uh, not sure how to answer the last one. Probably true, for two reasons: when in doubt, on a true-false test, pick true, and, there weren't many literate people back in the day, and most of them were clerics (who would have mostly written in Latin) and nobles (who during the early Middle English period mostly didn't speak English at all)

Answer 2

3. Normans

3. two-fifths OR
1. one-fourth by some sources

True, though some are much more structured than others.

False. Beowulf is a prime example of a work in Old English. Just because 'most' were in some form of late Latin, doesn't mean there weren't any/any worth mentioning.