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Germanic tribes of Saxons, Jutes, Angles, and Frisians invaded Britain in 449. In 878, the conquest of Anglo-Saxon lands by the Danes begins. The letter combination "sk - "or" sc - " at the beginning of a word in modern English. For example, " sky " – " sky "(in native English "heaven"), "skin" – "skin" (in native English "hide" – "skin").
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In the middle of the XI century, the inhabitants of northern France conquer Britain. William the Conqueror, a Norman by birth, becomes king. Since that time, the era of three languages begins in the history of the people. French became the language of the aristocracy, Latin remained the language of science, and the common people continued to speak Anglo-Saxon.
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The first printer of Britain is considered to be William Caxton, who in 1474 printed the first book in English. It should be noted that thanks to his work, many English words have finally found their complete form/
As for grammatical rules, Caxton often invented his own rules, which after publication became publicly available and were considered the only correct ones. -
The founder of the English literary language is rightly considered to be the great William Shakespeare (1564-1616). He is credited with the origin of many idiomatic expressions that are also used in modern English. In addition, Shakespeare invented many new words that took root in the language. For example, the word "swagger – -" swaggering gait "or" swagger "- appears for the first time in the history of the English language in Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream".