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Language is an ever-changing, evolving creature; not only do grammatical rules change with time (just take a look at Shakespearean English to get an idea of how different things are today), but words also change meaning all the time. Some words that were known for their literal meaning develop a figurative meaning, one that becomes …

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English is a weird language: It is a Germanic language, meaning that its grammatical rules and main vocabulary come from Proto-Germanic. Its first origins can be traced back to when the Angles and Saxons arrived at Britain sometime during the 5th century. Once they had settled there, their isolation from their original group meant that …

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