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it’s a synecdoche. the link is saying it didn’t solely develop from Old English, not that it didn’t at all

• thaumasiotes 4y ago
  It really can't get any clearer than stating "Middle English did not develop from Old English."
  • permo-w 4y ago
    you’re reading it too literally
    • thaumasiotes 4y ago
      You are attempting to read in a viewpoint that the book specifically says it doesn't believe.
      • permo-w 4y ago
        do you genuinely think that the book is saying that English is not descended at all from Old English and is in fact solely descended from Old Norse? based on the rest of the text which is making the argument that middle-English is a creole between Old English and Old Norse, it's very clearly a synecdoche to be read as "Middle English did not solely develop from Old English.". you're taking your attempt to be contrary a bit too far here