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... sound like that in modern hat or and . The th sounds of mod- ern thin or then are represented in Old English by [ thorn ] or [ eth ] . But of course there are many differences in sound too . Ure is the ancestor of modern our , but the ...
... sound like that in modern hat or and . The th sounds of mod- ern thin or then are represented in Old English by [ thorn ] or [ eth ] . But of course there are many differences in sound too . Ure is the ancestor of modern our , but the ...
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... sound changes which caused many of the end- ings to sound alike . But no doubt the Conquest facilitated the change . Ger- man , which didn't experience a Norman Conquest , is today rather highly in- flected compared to its cousin ...
... sound changes which caused many of the end- ings to sound alike . But no doubt the Conquest facilitated the change . Ger- man , which didn't experience a Norman Conquest , is today rather highly in- flected compared to its cousin ...
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... sound changes which made the language of Shakespeare quite different from that of Chaucer . Incidentally , these changes contributed much to the chaos in which English spelling now finds itself . One change was the elimination of a ...
... sound changes which made the language of Shakespeare quite different from that of Chaucer . Incidentally , these changes contributed much to the chaos in which English spelling now finds itself . One change was the elimination of a ...
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Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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