Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 19 AIL 1817 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Form Dates Nothing Here
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The idea
Units eight, sixteen and eighteen all warned that form is weak evidence about period. In this band it is weakest of all, because writers had the whole history of English form available and used it deliberately. Read the passage; do not date it.
In practice
The weakest band for dating by form.
Where people slip
Three earlier units gave this warning.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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