Episode 56: The Weak vs The Strong
The History of English Podcast
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The Old English Verb System Was Breaking Down in Middle English
After the norman conquest, english began to lose all those specific inflecions. They were all reduced to just one past tense form. And every verb needed a specificpast tense form. This process helps to explain why the strong verb forms sometimes seem illogical in modern English.
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