A British citizen who supported social reform in the Victorian era Would most likely call for the government to:
A. end expensive regulations on businesses.
B. outlaw membership in labor unions.
C. stop factories from polluting the air.
D. invest in machines to replace low-wage workers.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.