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Elizabeth's Middle Way
- Elizabeth I frequently chose a middle path in politics and personal life rather than extremes.
- That pragmatic approach shaped policy, religion, and courtly image during her reign.
English As A Halfway House
- Elizabethan English was a grammatical 'halfway house' with older and newer forms coexisting.
- The language adopted do-usage for negatives/questions but retained older alternatives during the 1500s.
Rise And Narrowing Of 'Do' Usage
- The auxiliary do reached peak versatility in the Elizabethan era, used in negatives, questions, and plain affirmatives.
- Over the 1600s English kept do for negatives/questions but dropped it from ordinary affirmatives.