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2009-11-14 history of development of the english language.:

Hello Farton In the 1980s the dialect of English spoken in the south-east of England, known as Estuary English, became regarded as the "true" English dialect. It's not officially accepted as such, but

2009-11-13 family tree:

Hello Carol. I've never heard of any family connection between Queen Victoria and Alexander Fleming. It's feasible that if you could trace both their family trees back far enough you would find a link

2009-11-09 Glorious Revolutoin:

Hello Jon. There's certainly some truth in your friend's theory. William had spent almost his entire reign as Stadtholder of the Netherlands at war with France, if he was King of England he would have

2009-11-07 Winston Churchill:

Hello Sunny. Do you mean his ranks in the Army and his jobs in government ? He joined the 4th Hussars as a 2nd Lt in 1895 and served in India, the Sudan and South Africa. He transferred to the South

2009-10-26 English homework:

In general it was Spain and the Catholics. She was excommunicated by the Pope in 1570 which meant that English Catholics were absolved of their allegiance to her as Queen and could therefore plot her death