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Spanish also had an influence on American English than British English with words like canyo, ranch and stampede.
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American English is more like the English of Shakespeare than modern British English.
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The English colonization of North America resulted in the creation of American variety of English.
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Late modern English has more words, from two principal factors and The industrial revolution and technology created a need for new words.
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The difference between Early Modern and Late Modern is only the vocabulary.
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The first English dictionary was published.
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British had contact with many peoples around the world. The Renaissance of Classical learning meant that many new words and phrases entered the language. The invention of the printing also meant that there is a common language in print.
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At the end of the middle English a change in pronunciation started with vowels being pronounce shorter and shorter.
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English then became dominant and bring bow with many French words added. This language is called middle English it was the language of the great power of Chauncer but I would still be difficult for natives English because to understand today.
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And example of the Middle English by Chaucer.
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William the Conqueror the Duke of Normandy, he then invaded and conquered England. The new Conqueror brought with them a kind of French, which then became the language of the royal court, and the ruling and business. At a time there was a class division where the lower class spoke English and upper-class spoke French
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The words be, strong and water for example diverge from old English. Old English was smoking until around 1100.
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al, al be that: although
als, also: as, also
anon: at once
artow: art thou, thou art
as: as, as if, like
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Part of Beowulf, a poem written in Old English.
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Most of the commonly used words in Modern English have Old English roots.
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Most of the common commonly used words in modern glass have old English roots.
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Bring invaded Germany tribes spoke similar languages, which in Britain develop into what we now called old English.
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The invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, which in Britain developed into what now we call Old English.
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Eald - means old
Brodor - means brother
Hus - means house
Nett - means net
Riht - means right
Widuwe - stands for widow
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The Norman conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French soldiers led by the Duke of Normandy
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In Germany, around 1440, goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which started a printing revolution.
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For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to "discover" America. Five hundred years before Columbus, a daring band of Vikings led by Leif Eriksson set foot in North America and established a settlement.
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Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is a collection of plays by William Shakespeare, published in 1623, commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio. It is considered one of the most influential books ever published in the English language.
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The American Revolution was a colonial revolt which occurred between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War.
