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\|	\|	separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com Separated by a Common Language: the fine/small print	4.7 parsecs Travel
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\|	\|	thehousecarpenter.wordpress.com Some of the phonological history of English vowels, illustrated by failed rhymes in English folk songs \| The House Carpenter 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...	6.6 parsecs Travel
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\|	\|	ideasillustrated.com Visualizing English Word Origins - Ideas Illustrated Visualizing English word origins	3.8 parsecs Travel
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\|	\|	grammargeddon.com Split infinitives don't exist in English. - Grammargeddon! 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."...	53.3 parsecs Travel
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