1. According to Mulroy, who were the only individuals that could receive a higher education and what was their goal?
2. Why, do you think, is grammar so important when it comes to documentating history, culture and ideas? Does Mulroy believe this is important?
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Based on the idea that Mulroy believes that a war was won on the basis of vowels, I would say he probably believes that grammar is vital for everything, and certainly for recording history. I believe that grammar is something that is changing and flowing through time, and our specific grammar now is probably not as important to the recording of history as Mulroy thinks. Looking at our language, I think in 100 years when people look back on this age in the English language, it will be something that was growing and booming. And I think that growth of any kind occurs in cycles. There will be growth for a few years/decades, then a time period of stasis. I believe that for the past few decades, we see the English language growing vastly and blooming into several new dialects. Mulroy believes these dialects aren't valid or that the changes to English are coming too fast, and his conservatism (and others who share his beliefs) is important to the balance of language. Right now, the liberal belief of creating and changing language is in power, but eventually that power will shift to conservatism, creating balance in a language that changes, but still retains a grammar.
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