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Old 05-08-2011, 04:25 AM   #190
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I was absolutely amazed to see so clearly how English had developed – from French to Shakespearean English, and from Shakespearean to modern English –
English did not develop from French. It certainly gained a lot of French words following the Norman invasion, but Modern English (and Shakespeare was writing Modern English, by the way!) developed from Middle English, which, in turn, developed from Old English.
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