Question

Match each term with an example of its use.

diction
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idiom
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syntax
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Answer
A.
Explorer text: "Very often indeed they would first give us a song" versus the modern text: "First they would often sing to us.
B.
Colonial text: "fall upon" versus the modern text: "go after" (both mean to attack)
C.
Puritan text: "the Lord preserved me in safety" versus the modern text: "The Lord protected me