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SYMHC Classics: Great Vowel Shift

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Evolution of English

At the end of the early modern period, people continued to be very concerned with standardizing and perfecting English. The development of English into a modern language is most about who invaded England and then an effort to standardize the result. In each of these places, English also has its own loan words that are unique to the languages being spoken there before English arrived.

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