... to copy. So who is to say that these few spelling variations couldn't have been mistakes by maybe their hand getting tired of copying, and in turn their letters got sloppy and so the letters and words got hard to decipher. That way, when the next scribe went to copy the text, they would have to make out the word/letter ... Europe. In looking over all of the components in this paper, it can be concluded that Chaucer did indeed have a profound effect on the English language. Chaucer was a man of firsts. His writings became standardized in London, making his work the basis for other writer...

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