In the underlined sentence, the author moves his explanation of the Great Vowel Shift away from a theoretical discussion of________________ to a specific example that the reader will find easier to understand. _____________, who said "lood" probably had some difficulty understanding ___________, who pronounced the same word "loud."

Question

Fill in the blank spaces with the missing correct words
her grandson/ historical linguistics/ a grandmother/ modern English/ her mother

Answer 1

In the underlined sentence, the author moves his explanation of the Great Vowel Shift away from a theoretical discussion of historical linguistics to a specific example that the reader will find easier to understand. A grandmother, who said "lood" probably had some difficulty understanding her mother, who pronounced the same word "loud."