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Another version for the presentation on the History of Language. This is for pages 128-133 of the Old English chapter. Thank you Metaib Al Zahrani, Mohammed Al Qarni, and Ahmad Al Otabai for your efforts.
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1- The pronunciation of the noun,
adjective or pronoun signified how the
word was to be used.
2- Adjectives always described or
modified the noun.
3-Adjectives were also pronounced
specifically.
4-Numbers were used to describe how
many or how much.
5-Additional phrases are often necessary.
6-Articles (that, this, etc) were seldom used
in Old English.
7-Old English relied on adverbs to convey
a wider range of meaning.
8-Old English used the simple infinitive.
9-Old English used the subjunctive mood
more than Modern English.
10-Old English often used impersonal verbs
without a subject.
11-Subjects of Old English verbs could be
omitted if implied later on in the sentence.
12-The subject of an Old English verb is
often used twice…used rarely in Modern
English.
13-Old English negatives adverbs were
used instead of Modern English ‘not’ using
contractions.
14-Old English word order was often mixed
but usually the same as Modern English.
15- Old English subordinated clauses, using
only the relationship of coordinating
conjunctions.