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The old English period starts.
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The earliest manuscript records of Old English.
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The Middle English period starts.
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In Englade and Wales, English becomes the dominant language of all classes.
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The Statute of Pleading made English the official language in England. Parliament opened with its first speech which was told in English.
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when the early Modern English stared.
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The main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English is vocabulary. Late Modern English has many more words, alot of new vocabulary.
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in the 1600, the English colonization of North America resulted in the creation of a distinct American variety of English. In some ways, American English is more like the English of Shakespeare than modern British English is.
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Danes raid England, occupy Northumbria, and establish a kingdom at York. Danish begins to influence English.
