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This time period was when old english was spoken.
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English First arrived in Britain when three tribes called the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes invaded Britain. Th epeope already there spoke a celtic language, but most of them were pushed west . The Angles spoke a language called Englisc which developed into english after a while.
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At this time william the conquerer invades Britain and replaces english with french. Only the lower classes spoke english at this time , the rest spoke french.
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This time period was when middle english was spoken.
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in this time period english was recognised as the official language to be learned in school instead of latin.
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In this time period english is considered the official language of great Britain (now replacing French), and is used in parliament for the first time.
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During this time period the vowels of the english language were being pronounced shorter and easier to understand.
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In this time period William Caxton established the first printing press which made books become cheaper and helped more people learn how to read.
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This time period was when modern english was spoken.
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In this time period the great pplaywriter and poet William Shakespere was born, he wrote many plays and poems that contributed greatly to the english language.
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In this time period the first english dictionary was created and helped more people learn how to read and write in english.
