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Is "qo" a step in the evolution of the question mark?
punctuation
history
latin
question-mark
middle-english
Is or was "too young for to marry" valid English, now or in the past?
british-english
old-english
middle-english
Particular verbal inflection classes in "The Proclamation of Henry III"
verbs
middle-english
English words of Latin origin: Did they replace existing words?
latin
old-english
french
middle-english
historical-change
Was there a D to TH sound change in English?
etymology
pronunciation
historical-change
old-english
middle-english
Origin of describing emotions with adjectives associated with taste
etymology
old-english
middle-english
What does the phrase "or euer" mean in Middle English from the 1500s?
meaning
phrase-meaning
old-english
middle-english
Is "giddy" derived from "Gid" which was Middle English for "God"?
etymology
errors
middle-english
Why does the past tense form of sleep have a weak suffix?
etymology
old-english
middle-english
strong-verbs
irregular-verbs
What is the difference between "if" and "ȝif"?
middle-english
paleography
Why did the vowel in "Christ" become long in moving from Old English to Middle English?
pronunciation
historical-change
vowels
old-english
middle-english
How did *Old* English transform into *Middle* English so quickly?
language-evolution
old-english
middle-english
Was there a /t͡ʃ/ to /k/ sound change from Old English?
pronunciation
phonology
historical-change
old-english
middle-english
Why did "it" lose its initial 'h' but other pronouns such as "him" and "her" didn't?
pronunciation
pronouns
historical-change
old-english
middle-english
Why did some English verbs lose nasal endings?
pronunciation-vs-spelling
historical-change
old-english
middle-english
modern-english
How does the "reverse syntax" in Middle English work?
word-order
syntactic-analysis
subject-verb-inversion
middle-english
Is the "wit" in "to wit" the root of any other English words?
etymology
old-english
middle-english
What did English use before "triangle"?
terminology
history
old-english
middle-english
Is English actually a pidgin or creole?
middle-english
historical-change
world-english
Why is "build" spelt with a "u"?
etymology
orthography
pronunciation-vs-spelling
middle-english
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