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HistoryOfEnglish » FocusAndContent » MorphologyInEarlyModernEnglish » GeneralOverview

General Overview

In the early modern period (1500 - 1700) there are only few inflectional changes. In the following chart, there is an overview of the changes in inflection from Old to Modern English.

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Anna Engel & Angela Herrmann


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