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There were no more invasions gradually England finally took back what was theirs from France.The English spoken around that time was called middle English. A lot of books were published in middle English which one was Canterbury tales by Geoferry Chaucer.
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In 1066 the Normans invaded England.Most them spoke and earlier type of french,which later became a big status language in England. The words they brought along with them were catch , wage and reward
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In 800 the vikings invaded Britain, most of the vikings came from Norway and Denmark , then there languages later developed into Norwegian and Danish.The words they brought with were you , husband , anger and places.
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The first ever people who started to speak English (old English) were the Anglo-Saxons in 450 AD. Old English was very popular but it was also a confusing and hard language
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The printing press was invented in 1476 by Thomas Caxton. It was a good invention because , scribes were no longer needed to write books out.
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In 1525 the New Testament of the bible was translated into English by William Tyndale.It was hard because people who knew English were able to read the New Testament.
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Shakespeare takes a special part in English, some of our words are from his plays.There were many modern English writer but Shakespeare was the best know.
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Modern English we take a big part in now we have introduced new words and new 'slang'.When you use a word your parents wouldn't of ever used you are taking modern English to a greater level.
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