As Old English loses its perfective prefix ge-, use of demonstratives surge (that), eventually grammaticalizing into articles (the)
@Meaningness @The_Lagrangian @ctbeiser yesss hugely important feature of language
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@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness@The_Lagrangian@ctbeiser In a nice timing coincidence, Nate Silver agrees.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/671542990456922112 … -
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