Episode 191: A Vision of the Future

The History of English Podcast by Kevin Stroud

Aug 30, 20261:18:07Society & Culture

As the English Civil War raged in the 1640s, English grammarians wrote about several developments in the language, including a new sound appearing in the word “vision” and new ways of describing future action...

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