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The grammar of Old English differs greatly from Modern English, predominantly being much more inflected.As a Germanic language, Old English has a morphological system similar to that of the Proto-Germanic reconstruction, retaining many of the inflections thought to have been common in Proto-Indo-European and also including constructions characteristic of the Germanic daughter languages such as ...
The adjective old (for which the regular older and oldest are usual) also has the irregular forms elder and eldest, these generally being restricted to use in comparing siblings and in certain independent uses. For the comparison of adverbs, see Adverbs below.
The umlaut is responsible for such modern English forms as men, feet, mice (compare the singulars man, foot, mouse), elder, eldest (compare old), fill (compare full), length (compare long), etc. For details of the changes, see Germanic umlaut, and particularly the section on i-mutation in Old English.
Old English personal pronouns (3 P) Pages in category "Old English grammar" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Henry Sweet: A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical (Part 1: Introduction, Phonology, and Accidence; Part 2: Syntax). [49] 1898. John Nesfield. A Manual of English Grammar and Composition. 1904–1929. Hendrik Poutsma: A Grammar of Modern English (5 volumes). [50] 1909–1932. Etsko Kruisinga: A Handbook of Present-day English [51] 1909 ...
Cautioning that “eldest daughter syndrome” is not an official mental health diagnosis, Morton defined it as “the unique pressures and responsibilities placed onto the oldest daughter in the ...
The earliest known grammar of a Western language is the second-century BCE Art of Grammar attributed to Dionysius Thrax, a grammar of Greek. Key stages in the history of English grammars include Ælfric of Eynsham 's composition around 995 CE of a grammar in Old English based on a compilation of two Latin grammars, Aelius Donatus 's Ars maior ...
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