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Three Germanic tribes invaded Britain. The three tribes spoke similar languages and while in Britain they were formed into Old English.
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Dans language and English peacefully mix and become indistinguishable. English gains pronouns like they and their.
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William the Conqueror invaded and conquered England. When they did this they added some French words into our language. This was the language of the poet Chaucer.
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During this time there was a change in pronunciation and vowels were becoming shorter due to people having contact with other people around the world. Modern English is the language Shakespeare wrote in.
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1588 is about the time Shakespeare wrote Henry VI
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The main diffrece between Modern English and Late Modern English is that there are more words in Late Modern English.
Late Modern English is what we use today. -