Episode 164: Somewhere in the Middle
The History of English Podcast
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English Grammar During the Elizabethan Period
The poem shows how Elizabeth was often emotionally torn. The poem is also interesting because it shows how certain aspects of English grammar were loose and unsettled at the time. During the Elizabethan period, there were new ways of forming sentences which existed side by side with older traditional ways. And speakers often had a choice between the new way and the old way.
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