alleryAround whose language was prescription historically created?
ARural farming communities
BTravelling merchant groups
CThe upper social classes
DVery young children
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The upper social classes
1. Prescription has historically been built around high-class language.
2. This lets lower-class speech be portrayed as improper.
3. Farmers, merchants and children are not the model groups.
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