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Re:Language Learning Difficulty for English Speakers by klipt on Friday November 27, 2009 @09:08AM (#963891)
While grammatically, English is Germanic, it did borrow a ton of vocabulary from French after the Norman invasion, so from a lexical perspective it's related to the romance languages by proxy.
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Re:Language Learning Difficulty for English Speakers by wheels on Friday November 27, 2009 @09:19AM (#963901)
Yes -- and it also inherited French-style plurals (blessedly), and I believe is the only Germanic language with a gerund.
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