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Example sentence:
"Ær þæm þe Romeburg getimbred wære iiii hunde wintrum 7 hundeahtatigum, Uesoges, Egypta cyning, wæs winnende of suðdæle Asiam, oð him se mæsta dæl wearð underþieded." -
The Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain, speaking similar Germanic languages and preferring to speak their own languages rather than the Celtic language spoken by the Britons.
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The exact publication date is not known, however it is the longest surviving piece of Anglo-Saxon literature.
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After King William the Conqueror conquered Britain, he created a Doomsday Book and the insertion of a vast vocabulary bank of French words in the English language.
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Example sentence:
"Whan that aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;" -
The exact date of publication is unknown, but it was somewhere in the late 14th century when French was still the primary literary language of those in power. He decided to write in English which led The Canterbury Tales to become one of the first major works of literature to be written in English.
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This was a series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language, beginning in Southern England and today having influence effectively all dialects of English.
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Invented in Germany by Johannes Gutenberg, which started the Printing Revolution. It also helped to stabilize the language.
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Example sentence:
"Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts!
yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to the
master's whistle. Blow, till thou burst thy wind,
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The discovery of North America by the Europeans helped to spread English further across the world.
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Shakespeare's first collected works allowed for many to read and preserve his plays, which would later have a huge impact on English literature and language.
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Written by Samuel Johnson, a dictionary of the English language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language.
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The publication allowed for the Middle and Upper Class people who wanted to speak English correctly to standardize their use of grammar.
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This was a war for America to gain its freedom from England. It lasted from 1765-1783, ending with the final Battle of Yorktown in which, England surrendered and the United States of America gained it's independence.
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Example sentence:
"He straightened himself and saluted, watching her in silence, as she came forward with weakening limbs." -
The first Oxford English Dictionary was the first dictionary which analyses the etymology of words and different meanings/nature of words.
