AND ALL THAT
The Rise of Prescriptivism
Political Background
The impact of the Reformation on English religious practice
The dissolution of the monasteries (1536-9)
The Gunpowder Plot (1605)
Two civil wars (1642-6, 1648-51)
The execution of a king (1649)
Irish and Scottish rebellions (1649-50)
Three Dutch wars (between 1652 and 1674)
The Restoration (1660)
The Great Plague and Fire (1665-6)
The 'glorious' revolution (1688)
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THE RISE OF PRESCRIPTIVISM
Economic and Demographic Background
Changes in the Social Structure
Rules of Etiquette
The Rise of Prescriptive Approach
Proposals for “Fixing the Language”
What Are the Best Models of English?
Sources of Prescription
MODERN ENGLISH
The "Ink-horn" Controversy
Humour & Pathos in Shakespeare
Biblical Phrases Test
British vs. American English
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