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what effect did the decay of inflections have upon grammatical gender in middle english?
when the inflection weakened the grammatical gender disappeared.
what two methods of indicating the plural of nouns remained common in early middle english?
1. strong declensions-distinctive forms for the singular and plural only in certain monosyllabalic adjective. 2. weak declensions-no longer any distinction between singular and plural nouns
aureate dictation
noted for its frequent use of internal rhyme and coinage of adopted from latin
leveling
occurs when a word is used in multiple cases
