The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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Alfred Slater West. But they had been settled on French soil for about 150 years and had acquired a French dialect , the French of northern France , called the langue d'oïl . The word oïl , the same word as oui , signifies yes . The ...
Alfred Slater West. But they had been settled on French soil for about 150 years and had acquired a French dialect , the French of northern France , called the langue d'oïl . The word oïl , the same word as oui , signifies yes . The ...
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... French language . Boys at grammar schools had to turn Latin into French . Cases in the law - courts were carried on in French . Yet in spite of all , English survived and prevailed . One important event which contributed largely to this ...
... French language . Boys at grammar schools had to turn Latin into French . Cases in the law - courts were carried on in French . Yet in spite of all , English survived and prevailed . One important event which contributed largely to this ...
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... French , disguised beyond easy recognition in the course of centuries of oral transmission . Compare the following : Original Latin . Through Norman French . caitiff Borrowed directly . captivum captive factionem faction fashion factum ...
... French , disguised beyond easy recognition in the course of centuries of oral transmission . Compare the following : Original Latin . Through Norman French . caitiff Borrowed directly . captivum captive factionem faction fashion factum ...
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