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the English language since c1475.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Also called New English.

Words nearby Modern English

modern apprenticeship, modern art, modern cut, modern dance, moderne, Modern English, Modern French, modern greats, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Modern Icelandic

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How to use Modern English in a sentence

The name would have a parallel in the Modern English grindle, grundel, German grundel, a fish haunting the bottom of the water.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
In Modern English the same use is frequently seen, but the form is the same as the objective.
An English Grammar|W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
The distinctive features of Modern English have already been anticipated by way of contrast with preceding stages of the language.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
Give the Modern English for the following forms and expressions—munucas, steorran, to lufienne.
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham

A more frequent use of min and thin, for my and thy;—in contradistinction to both Middle and Modern English.
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for Modern English

Modern English

noun

the English language since about 1450, esp any of the standard forms developed from the S East Midland dialect of Middle EnglishSee also English, Middle English, Old English

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