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Critics say favouring one class's dialect works against what?

ALinguistic diversity
BPrinting technology
CWritten records
DVocabulary growth
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Linguistic diversity
1. Prescription tends to favour the language of one area or social class. 2. That militates against linguistic diversity. 3. Printing, records and vocabulary growth are not harmed by this tendency. _Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic prescription, Criticisms_
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