Provoking a movement that was to lead, ultimately, to English being the language of learning in the English-speaking world, the Elementarie argues "I do not think that anie language, … is better able to utter all arguments, either with more pith, or greater planesse, than our English tung is."
The Elementarie, a proponent of English as the language of learning, asserted that no other language could convey arguments with greater precision or eloquence than English.