Will we still be speaking in an English we recognize in a thousand years' time? Which words and grammar will still be there? And which will have been lost? Alice and Neil make some educated guesses!
This week's question
What kinds of words are slow to change? Is it…
a) nouns?
b) pronouns?
c) adjectives?
You'll hear the answer at the end of the programme.
Vocabulary
baffling
hard to understand
on the way out
disappearing; declining in popularity and use
interrogative
question
win out
succeed after a fight
obligation
having a duty to do something
authoritarian
demanding obedience from people
shying away from
avoiding
progressive
ongoing; continuing
stative
expressing a state of 'being' – as opposed to 'doing'
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