Re: Probability of Article Replacement?
From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 11:47 |
David Barrow wrote:
>
> What about the change from Old English to Modern English
>
> se, seo, thaet, etc. replaced by "the"
Actually, as I understand it, "the" is simply the modern relex of "se",
the /s/ being replaced by /D/ because of the fact that, with the
exception of masculine and feminine nominative singular, all forms used
/D/.
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