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English has no future

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Book Club 2. 491–1125

The ancient logic of “snuck”

Why you’re not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Book Club 1: 1–490

The Canterbury Commute

How to pronounce Middle English

Why you should read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

A bluffer’s guide to etymology

Why the verb “to be” is so irregular

The age when English could do anything

No, Shakespeare didn’t invent those words

Why English spelling actually does make sense

Leave the em-dash alone

Why the worst idea in linguistics won’t die

How far back in time can you understand English?

What happens when languages collide?

1066 didn't change English (but 1250 did)

Etymology is a growth industry

What if Beowulf had been written by Shakespeare?

Scots, English, and the linguistic uncanny valley

Were Old Norse and Old English a single language?

The dead language tier list

Why people fail at learning languages

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