English Language · English Literature
During the Elizabethan era, classical revivals posed a potential risk to the developing English language primarily because:
- 1Excessive borrowing of Greek and Latin syntax and words risked distorting native language patterns.✓
- 2Scholars advocated for the complete elimination of rhymed verse.
- 3It led to an outright rejection of historical national literature.
- 4It restricted literary creative writing exclusively to Latin chronicles.
Correct answer
Excessive borrowing of Greek and Latin syntax and words risked distorting native language patterns.
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