The paragraphs below contain the same sentences in different order. Determine which paragraph communicates most clearly through
its use of sentence order.
Paragraph 1
Jargon, applied especially to the vocabulary of a business or profession, and cant, an older term than slang, have come into relatively the same usage over the years. The word slang is derived either from the past tense of sling or from slanguage. Mario Pei, in his book The Story of Language, says that the term slang was first used in England in the middle eighteenth century. The s in slanguage is said to come from expressions such as thieves' language. English literature slang, however, goes back to the sixteenth century.
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The word slang is derived either from the past tense of sling or from slanguage. The s in slanguage is said to come from expressions such as thieves' language. Mario Pei, in his book The Story of Language, says that the term slang was first used in England in the middle eighteenth century. English literature slang, however, goes back to the sixteenth century. Jargon, applied especially to the vocabulary of a business or profession, and cant, an older term than slang, have come into relatively the same usage over the years.
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The s in slanguage is said to come from expressions such as thieves' language. The word slang is derived either from the past tense of sling or from slanguage. English literature slang, however, goes back to the sixteenth century. Jargon, applied especially to the vocabulary of a business or profession, and cant, an older term than slang, have come into relatively the same usage over the years. Mario Pei, in his book The Story of Language, says that the term slang was first used in England in the middle eighteenth century.
