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ERIKA ROCHEL RAMOS BSN-1C
Fifth 1Sem SY22-23 PCom Nursing1C Asynch Class Activity

Perfect Score: 20 Points
Instructions: Based on the videos that you watched:
1. Write an essay with a title, “English Has a Plural Form”. (10 Points)
English Has a Plural Form
Its history began with the migration of the Jutes, Angles, and Saxons from Germany
and Denmark to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Norman Conquest of 1066 brought
many French words into English. Greek and Latin words began to enter it in the 15th century,
and Modern English is usually dated from 1500.
New words come to us from a variety of sources. We make them out of proper names,
we reduce longer words (gym from gymnasium), we combine words (brunch from breakfast
and lunch), and we borrow them from other languages (sushi, chutzpah) (Levis, fahrenheit).
Sometimes, just like when the word "pea" was coined, we even invent new words by
analyzing old ones incorrectly. One pea or a group of them were referred to by the word
"pease" 400 years ago, but through time, people began to believe that pease was a plural
form, in which case pea must be the singular. As a result, the word "pea" was created. The
similar phenomenon would occur if individuals started to believe that the word "cheese"
applied to more than one chee. Word order also changes, though this process is much slower.
Old English word order was much more 'free' than that of Modern English, and even
comparing the Early Modern English of the King James Bible with today's English shows
differences in word order. For example, the King James Bible translates Matthew 6:28 as
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not." In a more recent translation,
the last phrase is translated as "they do not toil,” because English no longer places not after
the verb in a sentence. The speech patterns of young people tend to grate on the ears of adults
because they're unfamiliar. Also, new words and phrases are used in spoken or informal
language sooner than in formal, written language, so it's true that the phrases you may hear a
teenager use may not yet be appropriate for business letters. But that doesn't mean they're
worse - just newer.
What's important to realize is that there's no such thing as a 'sloppy' or 'lazy'
dialect. Every dialect of every language has rules - not 'schoolroom' rules, like 'don't split
your infinitives, but rather the sorts of rules that tell us that the cat slept is a sentence of
English, but slept cat the isn't. These rules tell us what language is like rather than what
it should be like. The language will never stop changing; it will continue to respond to the
needs of the people who use it. So the next time you hear a new phrase that grates on your
ears, remember that like everything else in nature, the English language is a work in progress.
ERIKA ROCHEL RAMOS BSN-1C
2. Write an essay with a title, “English is Indeed a Dynamic Language”.

(10 Points)
English is Indeed a Dynamic Language

The English language is dynamic and flexible; it adapts and evolves quite quickly.
The dictionaries receive hundreds of new terms each year. Particularly in this day of
instant messaging, words are constantly being added, discarded, and having their
meanings altered. However, the English language has the ability to adapt and include
foreign terms. I appreciate studying word origins to understand how they came to be and
how their meaning has evolved.
Have you noticed the way you use language changing recently? Language
changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speakers change.
New technologies, new products, and new experiences require new words to refer to
them clearly and efficiently. Consider texting: originally it was called text messaging,
because it allowed one person to send another text rather than voice messages by
phone. As that became more common, people began using the shorter form of text to
refer to both the message and the process, as in I just got a text or I'll text Sylvia right
now. The fact that no two persons have exactly the same language experiences is another
factor for change. Depending on our age, occupation, level of education, place of
residence, and other factors, we each know a slightly different set of words and
constructions. Every individual we converse with teaches us a new word or phrase, which
when combined creates something unique and different from any other person's particular
speech pattern. At the same time, different social groupings utilize language to mark their
group identities and distinguish between members and non-members. Many of the
changes that occur in language begin with teens and young adults. As young people
interact with others their own age, their language grows to include words, phrases, and
constructions that are different from those of the older generation. Some have a short life
span (heard groovy lately?), but others stick around to affect the language as a whole.
English is not a fossil language. It is alive and dynamic which is its greatest
strength. New words and phrases are also invented to describe things that didn’t exist
before. Language isn’t fixed; it is always evolving. The English language has changed
dramatically over the last millennium. People tend to think that older forms of languages
are more elegant, logical, or ‘correct’ than modern forms, but it's just not true. The fact
that language is always changing doesn't mean it's getting worse; it's just becoming
different.
Deadline of Submission: September 8, 2022 @5pm.

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ERIKA ROCHEL RAMOS BSN-1C

Fifth 1Sem SY22-23 PCom Nursing1C Asynch Class Activity

Instructions: Based on the videos that you watched:

English Has a Plural Form

2. Write an essay with a title, “English is Indeed a Dynamic Language”.

English is Indeed a Dynamic Language

Deadline of Submission: September 8, 2022 @5pm.

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