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thehousecarpenter.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Abbreviations: ModE = Modern English (18th century-present) EModE = Early Modern English (16th-17th centuries) ME = Middle English (12th-15th centuries) OE = Old English (7th-11th centuries) OF = Old French (9th-14th centuries) All of this information is from the amazingly comprehensive book English Pronunciation, 1500-1700 (Volume II) by E. J. Dobson, published in 1968, which... | |
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spanishlinguist.us
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| | | | | The purpose of this post is to share two of my favorite slides from the PowerPoint I prepared for my recent talk at the NECTFL conference. The slides summarize the history of the two most irregular... | |
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grammargeddon.com
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| | | | | Is that a shocker to you? First, let me explain an infinitive. It's a verb form in English that uses the word "to" with the root form of the verb. The result, a kind of verbal, is called an infinitive. It can function as a noun, as in "To err is human; to forgive, divine."... | |
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zanneth.com
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| | | The Japanese language has a lot of fascinating cultural artifacts embedded within its grammar and vocabulary. One such artifact that has always struck me was... | ||