The following passages have not been edited. There is an error in each line. Write the error along with its correction in the space provided. The Norman Conquest of England on 1066 had the far-reaching effect on the English language. After the Conquest, English remain the language of the country but Norman French become the language of the governance, church and law courts. As a result, a lot of French words were assimilate inside the English language. The English language was immensely enrich by the absorption of these words
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THE NORMAN CONQUEST. THE INFLUENCE OF FRENCH ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. LOANS AND CALQUES.
In 1066 the Normans conquered England and it affected strongly the language. Without William the Conqueror?s invasion, English would have retained most of its inflections and preserving a predominantly Germanic vocabulary, the characteristic methods of word formation and incorporating words from other languages much less freely. It would have lacked the greatest part of French words that today make English seem on the side of vocabulary more a Romance than a Germanic language. The Norman conquest changed the whole course of English. William?s coronation involved more than a mere substitution of a monarch for another. His possession of the throne had been a matter of conquest and was attended by all the consequences of the conquest of one people by another. A new nobility was introduced. Many of the English higher class had been killed at Hastings, and others were considered as traitors. In 1072 only one of the 12 earls in England was an Englishman. For several generations after the conquest the important positions and the great estates were almost held by Normans or men of foreign blood. Norman prelates occupied important positions in the church.
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the norman conquest of england IN 1066 had the A far-reaching effect on the english language. after the conquest, english REMAINED the language of the country but norman french BECAME the language of the GOVERNMENT, church and law courts. as a result, a lot of french words were ASSIMILATED IN the english language. the english language was immensely ENRICHED by the absorption of these words.