<span>Elizabeth Proctor was accused of witchcraft because Mercy Lewis and Abigail Williams claimed Elizabeth Proctor visited them at night in spirit form and tormented them.</span>
I think it is theme because a theme is the overall message of a story
Something specific or meaning a certain thing
After a thorough research, there exists the same question that has the full passage.
<span>One might think that proud English writers would welcome a broader readership. However, quite the opposite happened. Though scholars agreed that English was a great language, many felt that it was in danger. According to some scholars, when poorly educated people read, wrote, and spoke, they corrupted the English language.
Today, if you do not know how to spell a word, you look it up in the dictionary. During the early eighteenth century, there were few dictionaries. Those that did exist were mainly collections of difficult words or translation dictionaries (Latin to English, for example). There was no authority on the"correct" way to use or spell words.
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The line in the passage that explains why English scholars felt a dire need to set standards for the English language is this one "<span>According to some scholars, when poorly educated people read, wrote, and spoke, they corrupted the English language."</span>
False. Abstract nouns are the names of thought processes, ideas, emotions, or other intangible things.
Concrete nouns are names of things we perceive using any of our five senses. Sense of smell, sense of taste, sense of touch, sense of sight, and sense of hearing.
Example of a concrete noun is ICE CREAM.
We can see, touch, and taste it.