... a text, indeed they probably did, a language is always changing and if a scribe didn't recognize a word, maybe he did change it. Then again, what is after all a scribe's duty? Their duty is to copy. So who is to say that these few spelling variations couldn't have been ... evolvement really starts with Chaucer, as his writings exemplify modern English. It's much more easier to read Chaucer's literature than it is to read Beowulf. Chaucer was the first English poet to write down a language that is similar to ours today. A major contribution that Chaucer instilled on the ... important word...

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