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> all are caused my german. It's not like German were "at fault". English grew out of a common ancestor with nowadays German.

• amaccuish 8y ago
  Sorry, poor english :) and yes that's true, but that common ancestor, west germanic, is they key point here, as it shows us why things are in English.
  • aap_ 8y ago
    Old High German is not the ancestor of English. Some kind of West Germanic might be called a common ancestor of both English and German.
    • amaccuish 8y ago
      My bad, sleepy! I have an exam on this soon so hopefully I'll be good by then :)