20 marker - 2b

  Part (b) - 4-6 marks. (Seems to usually be linked to standardisation or inconsistencies)

So on this bit, it seems to mainly point out words which show some sort of inconsistency.

It might be the same word spelled differently (fancie, fancy), or it might be different words where a grammatical seems to be a bit inconsistent (preparacion, inspiration - on this one, the issue is that the suffix of the noun is different in each case).

For each of these examples, they basically want you to describe what is going on using terms, and explain why. A lot of your answers for this bit will be explained by the fact that the text is PROBABLY pre-standardisation. If the issue is a spelling issue, make sure you mention that it is BEFORE Johnson's first dictionary 1755.

So your answers would look like this:

*The verbs fancie and fancy display inconsistent spelling here, due to the lack of standardised spelling as text predates Johnson's dictionary of 1755.

Or

*The abstract nouns preparacion and inspiration display inconsistent suffixes due to the text dating before standardisation. The onset of standardisation would have made grammatical rules like this more uniform.

For each of these, you'd get a mark for the word class, and a mark for the explanation of what is going on and why.

Things to look out for:

Inconsistent spelling
Inconsistencies in prefixes and suffixes
Inconsistencies in compounds (sometimes use a hyphen, sometimes not)
Inconsistencies in methods of pluralisation (Cows/cowes, Oxen/oxes)

However, in each case you are simply describing what is happening, and explaining it USUALLY in relation to standardisation.