MIDDLE ENGLISH (typical). 1250-1400

LATE MIDDLE ENGLISH

and MIDDLE ENGLISH

TRANSITION. 1400-1485

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MODERN ENGLISH.

(Lost Inflections.)

EARLY MODERN ENGLISH

(Tudor English). 1450-1611

TRANSITIONAL MODERN or

17TH CENTURY ENGLISH. 1611-1689

CURRENT ENGLISH. 1689-

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