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This led to an uneasy peace and the establishment of the Danelaw. In the early 9th century the Mercia was displaced as the foremost kingdom by Wessex. Later in that century escalating attacks by the Danes culminated in the conquest of the north and east of England, overthrowing the kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia.
Wessex under Alfred the Great was left as the only surviving English kingdom, and under his successors it steadily expanded at the expense of the kingdoms of the Danelaw. This brought about the political unification of England, first accomplished under Athelstan in and definitively established after further conflicts by Eadred in A fresh wave of Scandinavian attacks from the late 10th century ended with the conquest of this united kingdom by Sweyn Forkbeard in and again by his son Cnut in , turning it into the centre of a short-lived North Sea empire that also included Denmark and Norway.
However the native royal dynasty was restored with the accession of Edward the Confessor in They also introduced many new names as they founded new settlements with endings such as -scale, -beck, -by, and -fell.
While there was no official decree, this was a time when a great many schools were springing up in England and there was a resistance to teaching only Latin to school children. It was around that the language we speak today more or less was developing.
Granted, spellings were all over the map then and would not be standardized until the printing press came along, but that is a whole different topic. As for the Norse peoples and the Romano-Britons co-mingling and indeed the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes all had cities raided by the Vikings Danes if you prefer and became their subjects. There was co-mingling in the Biblical sense and in language. I will also grant you that early English was not totally isolated.
But the people of the inland regions were fairly isolated and the dialect they were speaking was, even early on, distinct from what was being spoken in the port cities. In those days of limited travel, and virtually no communication, many areas developed their own unique words, phrases, and dialects, some of which can be traced down to the modern day.
Furthermore, inland folks were looked down upon by the more worldly port residents, so that people moving to the ports quickly dropped their style of speaking to avoid ridicule. But again, I am painting the picture with rather broad strokes, basic trends, and generalities, so I am not speaking of hard and fast rules.
The fact is, there are big gaps in our knowledge of those times and most of what we know is an educated guess based on what written documents do survive. Yes, we are way off topic. However, how else would we ever learn anything new than to talk about things that are off topic?
And lo and behold, check out this Wikipedia article :. Moreover, as a matter of fact, Scandinavian languages still have gendered nouns. So, — this is for Mr. Because of — something which happened as a result of some other thing.
However, I will continue to use the two phrases interchangeably, as I think the English language has adapted to make both acceptable. Languages, after all, are not static, and this is precisely how they evolve and change over time. I still have a question. Could you make some examples to explain more about this grammar rule? Am I right about this? Ignorance is indeed becoming increasingly prevalent hence the misuse proportionately becoming so common.
Try Russian, Byelorussian, and Ukrainian. For example, these are all neuter: Radio, Radar, Rackete rocket , Auto automobile , and Flugzeug airplane. Masculine or feminine? Gene Roddenberry said so himself. What utter tripe this article is. Word class is established by looking at how words behave in a language.
The native speakers of that language determine how it is spoken. Word class was not handed down by God inscribed on stone tablets.
This article is exactly the kind of vain intellectual pedantry that stupid people use to feel superior to others. Antiquated style guides from the early 20th century derided this usage, and that is the only reason why the myth that there is something wrong with its usage as a compound preposition continues to this day. Get yourself to a linguistics class if you want to know about language and stop listening to nonsense like this.
Stop making those embarrassing mistakes! Subscribe to Daily Writing Tips today! You will improve your English in only 5 minutes per day, guaranteed! You'll also get three bonus ebooks completely free! Try It Free Now. A friend in extremis. I thought I was alone in this! Steve Hall on December 22, am This discussion sounds more than a bit prescriptivist to me. Yanina W on December 22, am Just one note: -I missed the class due to the rain.
I messed typo the class caused by the rain. Rebecca on December 22, am Thank you for the clarification. Thank you. It does not work, therefore due to does not work here either. Rob Poole on December 22, pm I too found the main body of the discussion to be a bit convoluted, but thought the trick at the end of the article was very helpful.
Steve Hall, thebluebird11 expressed my thoughts too. Daniel Scocco on December 22, pm Geoffrey, actually there is a different between those. Kathryn on December 22, pm Oh, the agonies of crossing posts! Susan on December 22, pm I admit it!
I make these mistakes time to time! Michael Corey on December 22, pm A good lesson, thanks. Michael on December 26, pm Once again Garrison me old pear flan you have cleared the murky waters. Economic or economical? Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for? Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest? Fast , quick or quickly?
Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine? Finally , at last , lastly or in the end? First , firstly or at first?
Fit or suit? Following or the following? For or since? Forget or leave? Full or filled? Fun or funny? Get or go? Grateful or thankful? Hear or listen to? High or tall? Historic or historical? House or home? How is …? If or when? If or whether? Ill or sick? Imply or infer? In the way or on the way? Late or lately? Lay or lie?
Lend or borrow? Less or fewer? Look at , see or watch? Low or short? Man , mankind or people? Maybe or may be? Maybe or perhaps? Nearest or next? Never or not … ever? Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt? No or not? Nowadays , these days or today?
Open or opened? Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of? Other , others , the other or another? Out or out of? Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? Pick or pick up? Play or game? Politics , political , politician or policy? Price or prize? Principal or principle?
Quiet or quite? Raise or rise? Remember or remind? Right or rightly? Rob or steal? Say or tell? So that or in order that? Sometimes or sometime? Sound or noise? Speak or talk?
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