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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by amaccuish on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:05PM (#17169106)
Sorry, poor english :) and yes that's true, but that common ancestor, west germanic, is they key point here, as it shows us why things are in English.
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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by aap_ on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:23PM (#17169172)
Old High German is not the ancestor of English. Some kind of West Germanic might be called a common ancestor of both English and German.
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Re:Why “children,” not “childs”? (2016) by amaccuish on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:29PM (#17169197)
My bad, sleepy! I have an exam on this soon so hopefully I'll be good by then :)
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