Not an attack...but the contributions of Latin to English are late and mostly indirect. To understand the poetic origins of modern English, you need to study Anglo-Saxon. IMVHO, it's mostly the Norman conquest and the consequent bastardization of English with Latinate forms that ruined the language.
[Another reason to dislike the French.
JOKE! JOKE!]
Anyway, back on topic... I don't do it all, either, and I have way less to do than most people.It's a struggle a lot of the time, but I do what I need to to get through the day.




but the contributions of Latin to English are late and mostly indirect. To understand the poetic origins of modern English, you need to study Anglo-Saxon. IMVHO, it's mostly the Norman conquest and the consequent bastardization of English with Latinate forms that ruined the language.
JOKE! JOKE!]
It's a struggle a lot of the time, but I do what I need to to get through the day.
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