In the 10th century, several factors came together in northern England which resulted in the loss of Old English inflectional endings. This was a fundamental change to English grammar which simplified word forms and led to a fixed a word order. We conclude this episode by examining the plural word forms used in Modern English, and examining how those plural forms evolved in the context of inflectional loss.
TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 53
Episode 53: The End of Endings | The History of English Podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
