Re: Origin of English?

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From: Eric Barber
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 08:34

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one of the striking features of English is its lack of conjugations
and declensions. these seems to have been lost as various brands
of Germanic, e.g. Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, sharing the same basic
vocabulary but with their own systems of conjugation and declension,
learned to communicate with each other in Britain.

Eric
Eric Barber			E.O.Barber@bnr.co.uk
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