English Language · English Literature

Which of the following statements about Sir Thomas Elyot is NOT correct?

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1He suggested in 'The Boke Named the Governour' that poetry and dance should completely replace the study of history and politics.✓
2He was one of the early English humanist authors to write extensively in the vernacular English language.
3He compiled one of the most significant Latin-English dictionaries of his era.
4He was an ancestor of the 20th-century poet T.S. Eliot.

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He suggested in 'The Boke Named the Governour' that poetry and dance should completely replace the study of history and politics.

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