| An | ...for the use of the indefinite article in modern english is a is followed by a consonant...
...an english shows several cases where the modern rule does not operate there are instanc...
...n ways that would not be heard today in modern english /h/ is used as a consonant so ...
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| Archaisms | ...ent of antique colouring to an otherwise modern text some of the forms will also still ...
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| Attention signals | ...are used which either no longer exist in modern standard english or (as in the case of b...
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| Body-armour | ...helmet helmet r2 i iii 119 [as in modern english] sallet 2h6 iv x 10 small...
...armour buckle tnk iii vi 61 as in modern english but here for linking pieces of ...
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| Comparison | ...eral interesting differences between the modern system of expressing comparison and the ...
... and there are a number of cases where modern standard english would not use a form of...
...ham iii iv 158 occasionally both modern english and shakespearian english have i...
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| Cousin | ...kespearean use in than we find today in modern english it is primarily used for the re...
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| Discourse markers | ...licit actions not further speech as in modern english (such as saying take that before...
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| Elision | ... as in modern english words often appear in a reduced...
...ding pronoun in colloquial speech as in modern english often the contracted forms a...
...the written form that is distinctive in modern english we do not usually write y&rsquo ...
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| Exclamations | ...iv iii 16) are still used today as with modern english there are more expressing negat...
... fig&rsquo s end worthlessness - cf modern &lsquo my foot &rsquo buzz ...
...all it go to go to impatience - cf modern &lsquo come come&rsquo [see also below...
...h a little surprise irritation - cf modern &lsquo what &rsquo how now ...
... that shock horrified surprise - cf modern &lsquo goodness me&rsquo much ...
...] true pow waw ridicule scorn [cf modern &lsquo bow wow&rsquo ] push ...
... blood tilly-vally impatience - cf modern &lsquo nonsense &rsquo tush ...
... as the best strong affirmation - cf modern &lsquo that&rsquo s splendid&rsquo ...
... content you go to reassurance - cf modern &lsquo don&rsquo t worry&rsquo [see als...
...y] o well said lucius praise - cf modern &lsquo well done&rsquo summer&...
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| Family | ...ean kinship terms look the same as their modern counterparts the chief exceptions are t...
...e includes other relatives alongside the modern use example people involved te...
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| Farewells | ...ain contexts (e g ‘make my farewells’) modern english goodbye is also present in a va...
... present in a variety of spellings its modern form is an early 19th-century developmen...
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| Greetings | ... the commonest modern english greetings are not found in shake...
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| Hence, thence, and whence | ...nce is now rare having been replaced in modern english by ‘where from’ hence is the mo...
... time and result (the latter common in modern formal english) and also entering into ...
...et (e g whenceforth) were used in early modern english but are not found in shakespear...
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| Here, there, and where | ...oductive kind of word-formation in early modern english was to use the adverbs here the...
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| How and how | ...in combination with other words (as with modern how about how come ) several present-d...
...oday however was also often used in the modern way among the differences of expression...
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| Humours | ...l secretion is also still found in early modern english (humour (n ) 5--6) good health ...
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| Ly | ... several adverbs which in modern english would end in -ly appear without ...
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| Money | ...value 5s pound mw v v 113 [as in modern english] foreign unit exa...
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| Numbers | ...l expressions differ from those found in modern english in counting above 100 the and ...
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| Past tenses | ...re are some 300 irregular past tenses in modern english ranging from the ‘slightly’ irr...
...en called the past participle - but many modern texts avoid this term because the form ...
... (as they continue to do illustrated by modern usage variation between sweat and sweate...
...ome difference between shakespearean and modern english it does not include forms where...
...ed from latin mostly ending in -ated in modern english are found without the ending ...
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| Plants | ... botanical nomenclature in early modern english is often different from that use...
...ubs and other plants are the same as in modern english there is sometimes a symbolic a...
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| Plurals | ...kespearean english which are singular in modern english and there are other kinds of nu...
...hown both by the form of the word (as in modern boy > boys) or by its agreement with the...
...by the dint of sword’ (e3 v i 52) where modern usage whould use others shakespe...
...se others shakespearean plural > modern singular item location e...
...shakespearean both singular and plural > modern either singular or plural item...
...l] shakespearean double plurals > modern plural item location exa...
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| Politeness | |
| Responses | ...es and no are the standard basic ways in modern english of responding to another person ...
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| Roman history | ...ld refer to these people and the way any modern english writer would they are not ther...
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| Ships | ...lish and several continue to be used in modern sailing a number have a figurative as w...
... steady cabin tem i ii 197 [as in modern english] course tnk iii iv 10 sai...
...f a ship sail tem i ii 147 [as in modern english] tackling tnk iv i 144 ri...
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| Stage directions | ... stage directions continue to be used in modern theatre but a number are typical of the...
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| Swearing | ...lexion good my ayl iii ii 188 cf modern pardon my blushes death upon ...
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| Verb forms | ...glish are still to be found in the early modern period -est for the 2nd person singular...
...tive verbs both in shakespearian and in modern english are be have do and the set o...
... are shown below be item modern description example art are 2nd...
... a man’s tailor have item modern description example ha’ have >>...
...u hadst this ring do item modern description example dost do 2nd...
...s didest thou modals item modern description example canst can 2...
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| Weapons | ... dagger ham v ii 143 [as in modern english] dudgeon mac ii i 46...
... hilt ham v ii 149 [as in modern english] long sword mw ii i ...
... scabbard tn iii iv 268 [as in modern english] scimitar mv ii i 24...
... sheath rj v iii 170 [as in modern english] sword ham v ii 158 ...
... sword ham v ii 158 [as in modern english] two-hand sword 2h6 ...
... battle-axe tit iii i 168 [as in modern english] bill 2h6 ii iv 17 ...
... spear 1h6 i i 138 [as in modern english] shields and parts ...
... shield lll v ii 549 [as in modern english] targe cym v v 5 ...
...g gun 1h4 i iii 55 [as in modern english] mortar-piece h8 v i...
... pistol mw iv ii 47 [as in modern english] ...
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| What and what | ...r and is still found in emphatic use in modern english (though not in the -e’er form) ...
...rwhelmed his wits ’ (tit iv iv 9) where modern english drops the and - ‘what if’ the e...
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| Who and who | ...uses are the same in shakespearian as in modern english the chief difference being the ...
...hows two other points of difference from modern english there is wider use of this form...
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| Withal and withal | ...se - the only form to have survived into modern english item location e...
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| London | ... modern locations are given using the traditiona...
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| World [outside Britain], places and peoples | ...alkan region bordering the adriatic sea modern sw croatia also known as illyria illyr...
... adriatic and its hinterland (dalmatia) modern croatia dalmatians above ind ...
...ple from ancient pannonia (in and around modern hungary) paphos tem iv i 93 ...
...i 100 city region on n african coast modern libya philippan ac ii v 23 ...
...em ii i 73 former n african state [in modern tunisia] tyre tyrus per i i...
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| Frequently Encountered Words (FEW) | ...res some of the character of basic early modern english vocabulary readers who famil...
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| Abbreviations | ... the preposition convention where the modern use of a word requires a different follo...
...from the one given in the quotation the modern preposition is given in parentheses ...
...shakespearian usage is ‘adjunct to’ but modern usage requires attendant upon rather tha...
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