Which statement best describes the position of England, its people, and the English language in the early 1500s?

Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century ? - PakMcqs

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Published: 20 Jun 2019
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English explorers did not need to learn French, Italian, or Spanish when traveling across Europe.English was rapidly replacing Latin as the preferred second language among European scholars.Travelers from England frequently brought back continental fashions, pleasing moral critics.Thomas More chose to write Utopia in Latin to reach an international scholarly audience, as English lacked prestige beyond England.English had become the dominant language in European intellectual circles by the early sixteenth century.

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Thomas More wrote Utopia in Latin because he intended it for an international community of scholars, and at that time, English was not regarded with the same prestige outside England. The other statements are inaccurate: English travelers typically needed to learn other European languages, English was not yet supplanting Latin among intellectuals, and foreign fashions were often frowned upon by moralists.

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